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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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Ghana, Region 1984 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_GH1984)

Data file: GHA1984_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 94
End: 96
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
000 Western
001 Central
002 Greater Accra
003 Eastern
004 Volta
005 Ashanti
006 Brong Ahafo
007 Northern
008 Upper West
009 Upper East
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_GH1984 identifies the household's region within Ghana in 1984. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_GH1984 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
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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