Ghana - Ghana Child Labour Survey - 2001

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-CLS-2001-v1.0

Year

2001

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Funding
International Labour Organisation - ILO - Funding

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Reason for leaving (aq74)
File: Child

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 8
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Invalid: 98, 99

Valid cases: 1846
Invalid: 15188

Questions and instructions

Universe

Children 5-17 years old

Literal question

What was the main reason for (NAME) coming to live/reside with the present household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Job transfer	18	1.0%
2	Found job	21	1.1%
3	Looking for job	44	2.4%
4	Attending school/training	576	31.2%
5	Came with parents	172	9.3%
6	Sent here by parents	690	37.4%
7	Lost parents	133	7.2%
8	Marriage	17	0.9%
9	Other	175	9.5%
98	Missing response	13
99	Not applicable	15175

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.