2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2000
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Reference ID
GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Apr 22, 2011
Last modified
Aug 01, 2025
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- GHA2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Number of persons present in the household (GH2000A_PERNOE)
Data file: GHA2000_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
205
End:
206
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="GH00A040 GH00A041 GH00A042 GH00A043">(Households only)<br /><br /><div class="i1">A14 Status A _ _<br />A15 Status B _ _<br />A16 Status C _ _<br /><br />A17 Total persons enumerated _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30+ |
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
<svar a="GH00A043" v=" GH00A040 GH00A041 GH00A043GH00A042"><span class="em">(A17) Total Persons Enumerated: </span> You must write and mark, in the box provided, the total count of usual members who spent Census Night in the household i.e. Status A and visitors who spent Census Night in the household i.e. Status B, i.e. Status A + Status B.<br /><br />For persons enumerated in institutions, group quarters and non-household, floating population, you must write and mark in the box provided the total number of persons who were enumerated in a particular institution or location of the floating population. If you enumerated ten persons at a petrol filling station for example, you must record 0010 and mark same in the appropriate box provided.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="GH00A040 GH00A041 GH00A042"><span class="em">(A13) Household Listing:</span> You must first write down the full name, relationship to the head or temporary head of household sex and age of each <span class="em">usual member</span> of the household and each visitor who slept in the house on Census Night; indicate in column provided under "<span class="em">member status</span>" whether a listed person is a usual member who slept in the house/compound on Census Night or whether he/she is a <span class="em">visitor</span>, i.e. guest of any member of the household who slept in the house on Census Night or a usual member who did not sleep in the house on Census Night. If a household member did not sleep in the house on Census Night, (Status C), write the name of the town/village and the region/country where he/she has travelled to in the space provided under "Town/Village", "Region/Country" as well as "months absent". Refer to next page for your illustrations.<br /></svar>
<p><svar v="GH00A040 GH00A041 GH00A042"><span class="em">(A13) Household Listing:</span> You must first write down the full name, relationship to the head or temporary head of household sex and age of each <span class="em">usual member</span> of the household and each visitor who slept in the house on Census Night; indicate in column provided under "<span class="em">member status</span>" whether a listed person is a usual member who slept in the house/compound on Census Night or whether he/she is a <span class="em">visitor</span>, i.e. guest of any member of the household who slept in the house on Census Night or a usual member who did not sleep in the house on Census Night. If a household member did not sleep in the house on Census Night, (Status C), write the name of the town/village and the region/country where he/she has travelled to in the space provided under "Town/Village", "Region/Country" as well as "months absent". Refer to next page for your illustrations.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the total number of usual members who spent census night in the household (Status A + Status B).
Universe
Ghana 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |