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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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Region of residence 5 years ago, Ghana; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_GH)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 170
End: 175
Width: 6
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
288001 Western
288002 Central
288003 Greater Accra
288004 Volta
288005 Eastern
288006 Ashanti
288007 Brong Ahafo
288008 Northern
288009 Upper East
288010 Upper West
288098 Unknown
288099 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.

Description

Definition
MIG1_5_GH indicates the person's region of residence five years ago in Ghana.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: F-N Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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