2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000

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Reference ID

GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS

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Sep 29, 2011

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DHS-IPUMS-I Ghana regions, 1984-2014 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_GH)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 144

End: 145

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Western
02	Central
03	Greater Accra
04	Volta
05	Eastern
06	Ashanti
07	Brong-Ahafo
08	Northern
09	Upper East
10	Upper West

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

DHS_IPUMSI_GH provides geographic codes for Ghana that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_GH indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for Ghana can be downloaded here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: IPUMS-I, IPUMS-DHS Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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