Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 3 -1991, Third round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS 3-1991-v2.1

Year

1991 - 1992

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Goverment of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
The World Bank - - Support in all aspect of the survey
European Union - EU - Support in all aspect of the survey

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Feb 20, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Household roster -s1

Content	List of all household members as well as demographic data such as age, sex, marital status etc.
Cases	20403
Variable(s)	39
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: pid (Persion id), hhid (Household Identification number)
Version	V2.0
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	Prior to 2008, missing data and not applicable data were left as blank. These values are not differentiated. The current policy is to identify the missing data as follows: -a coded value would be composed of 9s such that the entire length of the field is filled. For example a code of' '999' would be used for a missing field of three characters. -not applicable or skipped variables are left blank
Processing Checks	All files have been checked for the following: 1. All variables have been clearly defined and labelled 2. All categories (value labels) have been clearly defined 3. All cases have unique identification (no duplicates) 4. The frequencies of expected respondents checked with the actual section and inconsistencies noted. 5. Skip patterns have been verified 6. Structure edits have been performed

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster

nh	Household id

pid	Persion id

sex	sex	Sex

rel	Relationship	Relationship

s1q4	Doe name have birth certificate	Doe name have birth certificate

s1q5a	Day of birth

s1q5b	month of birth

s1q5c	year of birth

agey	Age	Age

agem	Month

mar	Marital status	Marital status

s1q8	Does spouse live in this household	Does spouse live in this household

s1q9

s1q10	Region of biirth	Region of biirth

s1q11	Nationality	Nationality

s1q12

s1q13	Reason for absence

s1q14	While absent is member living in another household	While absent is member living in another household

s1q15	Household member

s1q16	Does father live in this household	Does father live in this household

s1q17

s1q18	Fathers highest education	Fathers highest education

s1q19	Work done by father for most part of live	Work done by father for most part of live

s1q20	Does father live in this household	Does father live in this household

s1q21

s1q22	Mothers highest education	Mothers highest education

s1q23	Work done by mother for most part of live	Work done by mother for most part of live

loc5	Locality (5)

ez	Ecological Zone

region	Administrative region

loc2	Locality (2)

loc3	Locality (3)

loc7	Locality (7)

povpi	Price index - Accra Jan99=1

povfpi	Food Price index - Accra Jan99=1

weight	Sample weight

cluster	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number