electricsheepafrica/africa-ghana-census-data-population-a9b55a6c

Census Data Population | Africa (Ghana Open Data)

30 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2010 - source table - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 30 rows from Ghana Open Data, covering Census Data Population. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

Demographic datasets help analysts understand population structure, household conditions, migration, gender, age, and settlement patterns.

Source-provided context: The data describes Population 12 years and older by marital status and sex, region and locality of residence captured in 2010 census year

How To Read This Dataset

• One row means: one source record from the original tabular resource, with Electric Sheep Africa provenance columns added where available.
• Primary geography column: country_iso3.
• Best time column: year.
• Time coverage basis: year.
• Recommended join keys: country_iso3 where available plus source-specific keys.

Coverage

Dimension	Value
Rows	30
Countries/areas	1
First period	2010
Last period	2010
Indicators	0
Columns	39
Source format	CSV

Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

Area	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
GHA	30	2010	2010	Ghana

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• This repo preserves one source tabular resource with its usable columns kept together.

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
source_record_id	string	Stable row identifier assigned during Electric Sheep Africa engineering.	f3a8cab9-d060-4ab7-a16c-889382da834f:0
country_iso3	string	ISO3 country or area code.	GHA
country_name	string	Country or area name.	Ghana
year	int64	Observation year.	2010
population_12_years_and_older_by_marital_status_and_sex	string	Source column from the original resource.	Marital Status / Sex
unnamed_1	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_4	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_5	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_7	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_8	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_10	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_11	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_13	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_14	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_16	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_17	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_18	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_19	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_21	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_22	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_24	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_25	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_27	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_28	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_30	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_31	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
unnamed_34	string	Source column from the original resource.	Marital Status / Sex
source_period_start_year	int64	Start year inferred from source metadata.	2010
source_period_end_year	int64	End year inferred from source metadata.	2010
source_period_label	string	Source column from the original resource.	2010
source_provider	string	Publishing organization.	Official government open data portal
source_dataset	string	Source dataset or package title.	Census Data-Population
source_resource	string	Source resource title, table name, or file name.	Population 12 years and older by marital status and sex, region and l...
source_package_id	string	Source package identifier.	d8d88233-2a8d-493d-9a5c-d3b06d592d81
source_resource_id	string	Source resource identifier.	f3a8cab9-d060-4ab7-a16c-889382da834f
source_url	string	Original source URL or download URL.	http://data.gov.gh/sites/default/files/harvest_resources/Population%2...
license_id	string	Source license identifier.	odc-odbl
retrieved_at	string	UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline.	2026-07-18T20:11:31Z

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-ghana-census-data-population-a9b55a6c")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

print(df.info())
print(df.head())

Filter By Geography

if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "GHA"]

Time-Series Pattern

if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")

Pivot For Analysis

if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())

Data Quality Notes

• Canonical time field: year.
• Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
• Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
• Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

Source And Provenance

• Source: Ghana Open Data
• Publisher: Ghana official open data portal
• Portal: http://data.gov.gh
• Resource: Population 12 years and older by marital status and sex, region and locality of residence
• License: Open Data Commons Open Database License
• Retrieved/generated: 2026-07-18T20:12:35Z
• Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-ghana-census-data-population-a9b55a6c

Transformations Applied

• Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
• Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
• Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
• Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

Suggested Analyses

• Build demographic profiles
• Normalize indicators per capita
• Join with service-delivery datasets
• Build time-series views and period-over-period comparisons
• Check missingness before modeling
• Use country_iso3 as the safest geography join key when present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_ghana_census_data_population_a9b55a6c_2010,
  title        = {Census Data Population | Africa (Ghana Open Data)},
  author       = {Ghana official open data portal},
  year         = {2010},
  url          = {http://data.gov.gh/dataset/census-data-population},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-ghana-census-data-population-a9b55a6c}}
}

License

Released under Open Data Commons Open Database License.

Original data is published by Ghana official open data portal. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

About Electric Sheep Africa

Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-11 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: http://data.gov.gh/dataset/census-data-population