Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Ethnicity, Ghana (C_ETHNICITYGH)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 205

End: 206

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

140. What is your ethnic group?

___________
___________

Categories

Value	Category
01	Akan
02	Ga-Adangbe
03	Ewe
04	Guan
05	Mole-Dagbani
10	Other groups
11	Gruma
12	Grussi
13	Hausa
14	Asante
15	Akwapim
16	Fante
17	Dagarti
18	Twi
19	Mande
20	Other unspecified
21	Other Ghanaian
22	Other African
98	Missing

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

ETHNICITYGH (V131GH) is a variable specific to Ghana that reports responses to a question about the woman's ethnicity. The groups identified vary across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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