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. 2018 Oct 1;15(4):729–743. doi: 10.1007/s10393-018-1367-9

Table 7.

Comparison of Data on Education, Water Supply, Primary Cooking Fuel and Poverty for the LACE Census Sample and Nationally for Cameroon.

Characteristic	LACE census survey findings			National survey findings
Characteristic	All (%)	Rural (%)	Peri-urban (%)	Value (%)	Source
At least primary education (%)	98	58.0	98.5	75	MDG (2015) Report (NIS, 2015)
Piped water supply to homes^a	48.5	30.5	51.8	45	2007 data in (MINPROFF 2012)
Income (poverty)^b	11.9	25.9	9.3	37.5	ECAM (2014) survey (NIS 2014)

^aFor National data, the description is of clean (drinkable) water in the house.

^bDefined as less than 913 CFA/day (about US$1.5) for LACE and ECAM.