Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (With a Labour Force Module) 2012-2013, Round Six

Start	End	Cycle
2012-10-18	2013-10-17	1 years

Start	End	Cycle
2012-10-18		7 years

Face-to-face [f2f]
Personnel with a minimum qualification of Higher National Diploma were recruited and trained to undertake the fieldwork. These attended a 21-day training programme during which members of the Project Implementation Team (PIT) took them through the various sections of the questionnaire including concepts and definitions being used. The training also involved assessment exercises, field practice, role plays and group discussions and interviews in the major local languages.

The fieldwork was over a twelve-month period and took place from 18th October 2012 to 17th October 2013. Thirty teams were deployed to the field comprising of a supervisor, senior interviewer/editor, three interviewers and a driver. Data capture centres were setup in the regional offices of the Service, each team having a data entry officer.

Six different questionnaires were used for the GLSS 6 survey: PART A, PART B, SECTION 10, COMMUNITY , PRICE and GOVERNANCE PEACE AND SECURITY questionnaires:

PART A Questionnaire comprise:
Section 1: Household roster collecting information on age, sex, marital status, nationality, religion etc.
Section 2: Education- General education, Educational carreer, Literacy and Apprenticeship.
Section 3: Health - Health conditions, Preventive health, Immunisation, Post natal care, Fertility, Contraceptive use and HIV awareness and Health insurance.
Section 4: Employment and time use, activity status and characteristics of main and secondary jobs, underemployment, unemployment,
employment search and housekeeping activities for last 7days and 12 months.
Section 5: Migration, Domestic and Outbound tourism.
Section 6: Identification of household members for agriculture and Non farm enterprises.
Section 7: Housing characteristics (type of dwelling, utilities and housing expenses), Information technology.

PART B Questionnaire sought information on :
Section 8: Agricultural assets, Land, Livestock and Equipment, Farm details, Harvest and disposal of crops, Seasonality of sales and purchases of key
staples, Other agricultural income in cash and kind, Processing of agricultural produce and Consumption of own produce.
Section 9: Household expenditure on food and non food, frequently purchased and less frequently purchased items,
Availability of selected consumer items.
Section 11: Income transfer and receipts by households, Income and miscellaneous income and expenditure, Migration and Remitances of returned
and current migrants , Improvement to dwelling
Section 12: Credit, assets, consumer goods and Savings.

SECTION 10 Questionnaire sought information on
Basic characteristics of non farm enterprises, Wage earnings, Employment,
Revenue of enterprises, (closing stock, sales and exports),
Wholesale and retail activities, Preparation of meals, Other revenue,
Expenditure of enterprises and assets of enterprises.


COMMUNITY Questionnaire:
Section 1: Demographic information of the community ( total population, ethnic groupings etc)
Section 2: Economy and infrastructure
Section 3: Education
Section 4: Health
Section 5: Agriculture

PRICE Questionnaire consist of Food and Non food quantity and prices of selected items.

GOVERNANCE PEACE AND SECURITY Questionnaire sought information on ;
Part A: Theft, Robery and Burglary,
Part B: Sexual offences
Part C: Violence and Security
Part D: Safety
Part E: Peace and Social Cohesion
Part F: Political Engagement
Part G: Governance- Effectiveness of Government agencies

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Ghana Statistical Service	GSS	Government of Ghana

Field monitoring exercises were undertaken once per cycle by the top Management of the Service, Steering Committee members, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members and the Project Implementation Team. The monitors observed interviews and checked completed questionnaire to ensure consistency of responses to ensure that quality.