The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that the release of the outcomes of the data generated from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will begin on Wednesday, 22^nd September, 2021.

According to GSS, the census results consist of six diverse forms of information, coupled with eight other interactive products which will be made available starting next week and continues for two years.

Almost three months after the conduct of the census, GSS has published a Product Release Calendar (PRC) ahead of the actual release dates in order to create public awareness on when the results of the PHC will be made available.

“The Ghana Statistical Service has published the Product Release Calendar for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) which previews the data products that will be generated from the 2021 PHC. The purpose of releasing this calendar ahead of the product releases are to provide information to stakeholders and data users on when data products from the census will be made available to the public to promote extensive usage of the census data.”
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Additionally, the Statistical Service’s release calendar also indicates that the Preliminary Report which presents the provisional results of the PHC will be made available on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021.

The release, according to GSS, will be the “first time ever the provisional results are to be released within three months of the Census.”

GSS further clarified that the Preliminary Report contains information on the population by “administrative units and sex; household size by administrative unit; number and types of structures; and population density.”

Per the Product Release Calendar, the 6 divergent publications consist of Preliminary Report, Residential Proximity Report to Essential Services Report and General Report. The others include thematic Reports, Analytical Reports and the Census Atlas.

Also, the other eight products comprise of policy briefs, interactive census results dashboard, infographics and dissemination seminars. Additionally, it involves webinars for data users, videos, fact sheets as well as 1 percent use Public Use Microdata Sample.

Residential Proximity to Essential Services Report to be released in October

Based on the release calendar, the Residential Proximity to Essential Services Report will be published on 19th October, 2021.

“This report will present geographic analysis of residential access to essential services such as basic education, and primary healthcare at the district level.”
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Moreover, the Ghana Statistical Service has announced that the date of release for the General Report on the PHC is 18th November, 2021.

Elaborating on the purpose of the General Report, GSS stated that it will provide detailed information on specific components of the PHC questionnaire.

“The general report will present summary statistics from selected modules of the 2021 PHC questionnaire on age-sex composition, demographic, social and economic profile; housing conditions, household amenities and assets, sanitation, and Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) device ownership and usage.

“This report will be presented in three instalments: (a). Population distribution by administrative units, (b). Age and sex profiles, and (c). Socio-economic profiles”
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The GSS has also indicated that the Thematic Reports, Analytical Reports and the Census Atlas will all be made available next year onwards. But, none of the reports will be released later than 2024.