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Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service
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Ghana, Region 2000 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_GH2000)

Data file: GHA2000-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 80
End: 82
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

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Categories
Value Category
1 Western
2 Central
3 Greater Accra
4 Volta
5 Eastern
6 Ashanti
7 Brong Ahafo
8 Northern
9 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
GEO1_GH2000 identifies the household's region within Ghana in 2000. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_GH2000 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.

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Geography: A-L Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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