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2010 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010
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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Ghana, Region 2010 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_GH2010)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 126
End: 128
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
001 Western
002 Central
003 Greater Accra
004 Volta
005 Eastern
006 Ashanti
007 Brong Ahafo
008 Northern
009 Upper East
010 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.

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Definition
GEO1_GH2010 identifies the household's region within Ghana in 2010. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_GH2010 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Ghana can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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