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 birth, Ghana (BPLGH)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 106

End: 107

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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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
20	Ghana, region not specified
97	Foreign country
98	Unknown

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

BPLGH indicates the person's region of birth within Ghana.

concept

Concept

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

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