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Population and Housing Census 2000

Ghana, 2000
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Data file: Population

The 2000 Census is a “de facto” count. Each person present in Ghana, irrespective of nationality, was enumerated at the place he or she spent the Census Night, midnight of 26th March 2000. Thus, non-Ghanaians within the territorial land, air and water boundaries were enumerated as part of Ghana's population while Ghanaians outside the boundaries of Ghana were not enumerated.

The unit of enumeration in the census is the individual. In addition, individuals not living in group quarters are identified with households.

The main modules covered in the 2000 census were:

· geographical location and internal migration
· demographic and social characteristics
· economic characteristics
· literacy and education
· fertility and mortality.


All variables in Population dataset were collected except the URBRUR (urban-rural) variable which was derived from the population of localities. All localities with a population size of 5,000 or more were classified as URBAN, otherwise, it is RURAL.

The data has a weight of 1.

Cases: 189868
Variables: 52

Variables

Reg_dist
Region and District Code
Region
Region
District
District
Base
A05 Enumeration Area Base
EA
Enumeration Area Code
Locality
A06 Locality Code
Hsenum
A07 Housing unit of household
Hhnum
A08 Household number
Urbrur
Urban or Rural code
Tr
A12 Type of residence
Line
Line_number
Rel
P01 Relationship
Sex
P02 Sex
Age
P03 Age
Age1
Single age
Age10
10-Year Age Groups
Age5
5-Year Age Groups
Ageeduc
Ageeduc
Ageecon
Ageecon
Agefert
Agefert
Nation
P04 Nationality
Ethnic1
Ethnic1
Ethnicd
P05 Ethnic_detail
Bornhe
P06a Bornhere
Bornout
P06b Bornoutside
Resid
P07 Residence
Regcode
Region code
Distcode
District code
Fiveyr
P08 Place of residence five yrs ago
Fivereg
Region of reidence five yrs ago
Fivedist
District of residence five yrs ago
Religion
P09 Religion
Marstat
P10 Marital status
Literacy
P11 Literacy
Educ
P12a Ever attended school
Educle
P12b Educlevel
Grade
P12c Grade
Worked
P13a Worked
Occupied
P13b Occupied
Dayswk
P13c Days-worked
Hourswk
P13d Hours-worked
Occup
P14 Occupation
Occdet
Occ-detailed
Industry
P15 Industry
Empstat
P16 Employment status
Empsect
P17 Employment sector
Fert
Fertility
Cebboys
P18a Children ever born boys
Cebgirls
P18b Children ever born girls
Csmale
P19a Children surviving male
Csfemale
P19b Children surviving female
Birth12m
P20 Birth in last 12 months
Total: 52
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