2010 population and housing census. Regional analytical report. Northern Region.
Abstract
The report covers data on demographic, social and economic characteristics of the 20 districts of the Northern region. It is divided into 11 chapters. Chapter One presents the background, physical features, political and administrative structure, social structure, the economy and living conditions and the demographic characteristics of the region. Chapter Two provides district-level statistics on the demographic characteristics such as population size, composition and age-sex structure, population growth, nationality, birthplace, ethnicity and religion. Chapter Three presents statistics on the social characteristics of the districts such as 5 household size, structure and composition, while Chapter Four discusses marital characteristics of persons aged 12 years and older and covers areas such as marital status by age, sex, type of locality, education, religion and economic activity. Chapter Five provides statistics on information communication technology (ICT) in relation to ownership of mobile phones of persons aged 12 years and older, use of internet facility of persons 12 years and older, household ownership of desktop/laptop computer and household ownership of fixed telephone lines. Chapter Six discusses education and literacy levels, school attendance (past and present), educational attainment for persons 15 years and older. Chapter Seven presents statistics on fertility, mortality and migration, while Chapter Eight covers economic activity status, labour force, employment and unemployment, size of workforce, occupation and industry and non-Ghanaian labour force participation. Chapter Nine presents a detailed discussion of the socio-economic situation of disabled people in the region in terms of distribution, type of disability and economic activity. Chapter Ten focuses on agricultural activity and the types of farming by agricultural households, sex of agricultural household heads, and agricultural households by locality (rural/urban). Chapter Eleven discusses housing characteristics such as housing conditions, housing stock, and type of dwelling, construction materials, room occupancy, tenure arrangement, fuel for lighting and cooking, bathing and toilet facilities, methods of waste disposal, main source of drinking water and main source of water for other domestic purposes. These characteristics are compared across the 20 districts in the region.
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Codjoe, S. N. A., Azure, T., Assem, C., & Nortey, E. N. (2013). 2010 population and housing census. Regional analytical report. Northern Region. Ghana Statistical Services.
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Codjoe, S. N. A. et al. (2013) 2010 population and housing census. Regional analytical report. Northern Region.. Ghana Statistical Services.
BibTeX
@techreport{codjoe2013population,
author = {Codjoe, S.N.A. and Azure, T. and Assem, C. and Nortey, E.N.},
title = {2010 population and housing census. Regional analytical report. Northern Region.},
institution = {Ghana Statistical Services},
year = {2013},
publisher = {Ghana Statistical Services}
}