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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Place of residence five years ago, region (GH2000A_RES5R)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 205
End: 206
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="GH00A411 GH00A412">P08 Place of residence 5 years ago: If (name) is 5 years or older-- in what district was (name's) usual place of residence 5 years ago? (Appendix 4 for code list) _ _ _ _<br /><div class="i1">Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.</div><br /></svar>
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
11 Other
99 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
<svar a="all" v="GH00A411 GH00A412"><span class="em">P08 Place of residence 5 years ago: If (name) is 5 years or older: In what district was (name's) usual place of residence 5 years ago?</span><br /><br />The principle for answering this question is the same as in P07.<br /><br />If there has been multiple movements during the period, however, then the answer should relate to the <span class="em">last place</span> of usual residence.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the region where the enumerated person resided 5 years prior to the census.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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