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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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Place of residence five years ago, region (GH2000A_0411)

Data file: GHA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 175
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P08 Place of residence 5 years ago: If (name) is 5 years or older-- in what district was (name's) usual place of residence 5 years ago? (Appendix 4 for code list) _ _ _ _

Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.
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
11 Other
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
P08 Place of residence 5 years ago: If (name) is 5 years or older: In what district was (name's) usual place of residence 5 years ago?

The principle for answering this question is the same as in P07.

If there has been multiple movements during the period, however, then the answer should relate to the last place of usual residence.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the region where the enumerated person resided 5 years prior to the census.
Universe
Persons age 5+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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