1. UN Reg. Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on P&H Censuses
Selection of census topics for Ghana 2020 Population and Housing Census
UN Reg. Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on P&H Censuses
Lagos, Nigeria
8-11 May, 2017

2. Outline History of census taking in Ghana
2010 Population Housing Census (PHC) topics
The 2020 PHC work plan
Factors to be considered for the selection of topics for the 2020 PHC

3. Post Independence Censuses in Ghana
1960
1970
1984
2000
2010
Short video

4. 2010 PHC topics
Geographical and internal migration characteristics- Place where present on census night, place of birth, duration of residence, etc.;
International migration characteristics-former household members resident abroad, country of birth and country of citizenship/nationality
Household and family characteristics-Relationship to reference person/head of household, household composition
Demographic and social characteristics-age, sex, marital status, religion, disability characteristics, etc.;

5. 2010 PHC topics
Fertility and mortality-CEB, children surviving, births in the past 12 months, deaths in the past 12 months
Educational characteristics-Literacy, school attendance, educational attainment
Economic characteristics-Labour force status, status in employment, occupation, industry, sector of employment, etc.
Agriculture-whether any member of the household is involved in any agricultural activity (identify households in agriculture to serve as a frame for census of agriculture).

6. 2010 PHC topics Housing topics Dwelling type Ownership status
No. of rooms
No. of bedrooms
Main source of water supply (drinking and for other uses)
Main source of lighting, fuel used for cooking

7. 2010 PHC topics Occupation by one or more households No. of occupants
Main material for outer wall, roof and floor
Waste disposal (solid/liquid)
Type of toilets used
Etc.

8. 2020 PHC Work plan Census mapping-Oct, 2017-Sept, 2019
Select census topics-July, 2017-Dec, 2017
Organise stakeholder meetings on census topics- January-March, 2018
Formulate and pretest census questions-June-Sept, 2018
Organise stakeholder meeting on census questionnaire-Oct-Dec, 2018
Procure data collection equipment for pilot/trial census -Jan-Feb, 2019

9. 2020 PHC Work plan cont’d Conduct pilot/trial census-March-April, 2019
Finalise census questionnaire – July-Sept, 2019
Print census questionnaires/acquire data collection equipment-Oct-Dec,2019
Recruit and train field staff-Jan-Feb, 2020
Main census enumeration-March-April, 2020
Provisional results-Feb, 2021
Final results-June, 2021

10. Factors to be considered for the selection of topics-2020 PHC
Current data needs in the country having in mind the national agenda and the SDG indicators (over 230)
UNSD recommended topics as in P&R (core and non core)
Cost implications-the longer the questionnaire, the longer the Enumerator will have to stay on the field with its associated cost
Except the agriculture section, all questions in the 2010 PHC questionnaire will be included
Chosen topics will be shared with stakeholders to solicit their views

11. Challenges with some topics in the 2010 PHC
Issues relating to disability - albinos wanted to be part of the categories
Issues relating to ethnicity - some minority groups who were classified under certain broad ethnic groups wanted to stand on their own
Religion - Some Muslim groups wanting to be classified as part of the categories.

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