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1984 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1984
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GHA_1984_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Data file: GHA1984_PHC-P-H.dat

Person records

Cases: 1309352

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
CITIZEN
Citizenship
NATION
Country of citizenship
BPLGH
Region of birth, Ghana
SCHOOL
School attendance
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCGH
Educational attainment, Ghana
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
ISCO68A
Occupation, ISCO-1968, 3-digit
INDGEN
Industry, general recode
IND
Industry, unrecoded
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
EMPSECT
Sector of employment
DAYSWRK
Days worked last week
DISEMP
Employment disability
GH1984A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
GH1984A_SEX
Sex
GH1984A_AGE
Age (in completed years)
GH1984A_RELATE
Relationship to head of household
GH1984A_BPL
Place of birth
GH1984A_BPLHERE
Born in this town, village or region
GH1984A_BPLREGION
Region or country of birth
GH1984A_NATION
Nationality of individual
GH1984A_SCHOOL
School attendance
GH1984A_EDLEVEL
Type of school (level)
GH1984A_EDATTAN
Highest grade achieved (within level)
GH1984A_EMPSTAT
Activity during past week
GH1984A_WKDAYS
Days worked past week
GH1984A_OCC2
Occupation, 2 digits
GH1984A_OCC
Occupation, 3 digits
GH1984A_SECTOR
Establishment type
GH1984A_IND1
Industry, 1 digit
GH1984A_IND2
Industry, 2 digits
GH1984A_CLASSWK
Status in employment
Total: 49
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