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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1993
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Reference ID
GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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DHS-IPUMS-I Ghana regions, 1984-2014 (W_DHS_IPUMSI_GH)

Data file: GHA1993-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 239
End: 240
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IDENTIFICATION

PLACE NAME __________
NAME OF HOUSEHOLD HEAD ____________
EA NUMBER _____________
STRUCTURE NUMBER ___________
HOUSEHOLD NUMBER ___________
REGION ____________________
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.].

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
IPUMS International geography Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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