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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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Born in this town or village (GH2000A_BPLHERE)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GH00A405 GH00A406 GH00A407 GH00A408">[P05-P06 were asked of persons whose nationality are Ghanaian by birth.] <br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="h3">P06 Birthplace</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A407 GH00A408">P06a Born in the town/village: Was (name) born in this town or village? If yes go to P07<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br />P06b Birthplace outside this town/village: In what region or country was (name) born?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01Western<br />[] 02 Central<br />[] 03 Greater Accra<br />[] 04 Volta<br />[] 05 Eastern<br />[] 06 Ashanti<br />[] 07 Brong Ahafo<br />[] 08 Northern<br />[] 09 Upper East<br />[] 10 Upper West<br />[] 96 Other ECOWAS States<br />[] 97 African other than ECOWAS<br />[] 98 Outside Africa</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">P06 Birthplace</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A407"><span class="em">P06a Born in this town/village: Was (name) born in this town or village?</span><br /><br />In this Census, the town or village (locality) of birth of a person is the town or village (locality) of usual residence of the mother at the time of birth. For example, the following cannot be regarded as birthplace:<br /><div class="i1">a. a hospital or maternity home outside the usual place of residence of the mother,<br /> b. the hometown of the mother's mother or,<br /> c. some other locality where the mother had gone for a short visit.</div><br /><br />Note that the town or village of birth of such person will be the town or village in which the mother lives and <span class="em">not</span> the locality where the hospital is located or locality of residence of the mother's mother or the locality visited.<br /><br />If, however, the mother's length of stay outside her locality of usual residence is six months or more or the mother has the intention of staying in the new place for six months or more the "actual town/locality of physical birth" will be considered as the birthplace of the person in question. For example, Akua Mansa who normally resides with her husband at New Tafo (Eastern region) went to Accra (Greater Accra) to deliver her child in her mother's house. In such a case, the place of birth of her child will be New Tafo and not Accra. If, however, she stays in Accra for six months or more, then the birthplace of her child will be Accra and not New Tafo.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the usual residence of the respondent's mother at the time of his or her birth was the same as the town or village where the census enumeration took place.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Citizens by birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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