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A bonfire was lit at Nkrumah Circle to kickstart the Census Night The Ghana Statistical Service on Sunday night began enumeration of homeless households, travellers who may spend the night in a car, outdoors, hotels and patients in the hospitals. The exercise termed as “Census Night” is the reference date for census enumeration and all questions asked during enumeration will relate to that Night. Professor Samuel Kwabena Anim, the Government Statistician, announced this on Sunday night as part of activities to mark this year’s census night in Accra. The colourful ceremony witnessed a bo...

Census Night: Questions to expect, 23 days to go

  The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has dedicated the third week in June to preparatory works towards the successful conduct of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). That weeklong exercise, which will see visits from enumeration officers to allocate serial numbers to identify structures for easy enumeration, will precede Census Night (June 27), the reference time for all questions to be asked during the enumeration period (which begins the next day). Mr Daniel Ayivi, Ketu South Municipal Census Officer who made this known during the launch of 30 Days to the 2021 PHC Night said just...

Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have, on behalf of the Ghana Statistical Service, given the assurance that data collected during the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will be treated with the utmost confidentiality when it is collected during the exercise on June 27.

  Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, says the outcome of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) would aid the nation to review her 2020 per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from GH¢13,000.79 to a much higher figure.  Per capita income is a measure of the amount of money earned per person in a country, while per capita income of a nation is calculated by dividing the country's national income by its population.  Mr Ofori-Atta, who is Chairman of the National Census Steering Committee, speaking at the launch of the 30-day countdown to the Census Night, in Accra, said having a...