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2021 Ghana Population and Housing Census Results as Data Frames

This package contains the 2021 Ghana Population and Housing Census Results. Users can access results as 'tidyverse' and 'sf'-Ready Data Frames.

The latest release of the package can be installed from Github:

pak::pak("ktemadarko/rGhanaCensus")

Data available in the package as at 24th May, 2025.

• Ten percent (~3 million rows out of the approximately 30 million rows) from the 2021 Ghana Population and Housing Census.

  • Downloaded the source data from theGhana Statistical Service Microdata Catalog.

• School attendance indicators for respondents aged 3 years or older plus Ghana regional administrative boundaries.

Variables and their corresponding derived percentage columns

      -Currently_Attending_School            -Never_Attended_School            -Dropped_out_of_School            -Sum_of_Respondents_(3_years_and_above)

School attendance data is scraped fromGhana Statistical Service website.

• Source: The 2021 Ghana Population and Housing Census Results Volume 3D Literacy and Education PDF Reports published on 16th December, 2021.

Ghana regional administrative boundaries geometry data downloaded fromHumanitarian data exchange website on 7th January, 2022}

Special thanks to Shelmith Kariuki (Author of rKenyaCensus) and Kyle Walker (Author of tidycensus) for the inspiration.