PLACE NAME ____
REGION ____
EA NUMBER ____
STRUCTURE NUMBER ____
HOUSEHOLD NUMBER _____
Categories
Value
Category
10
Upper West
09
Upper East
08
Northern
07
Brong-Ahafo
06
Ashanti
05
Eastern
04
Volta
03
Greater Accra
02
Central
01
Western
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
DHS_IPUMSI_ GH provides geographic codes for Ghana that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International [URL omitted from DDI.] databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_GH indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.
GIS shapefiles for Ghana can be downloaded here [URL omitted from DDI.].