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

Metadata

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Feb 20, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Employment and time use-s4g

Content	Information on employment search in the past 12 months.
Cases	15561
Variable(s)	19
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: pid (Economic Head 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 id

nh	Household id

pid	Economic Head id

s1q15

s4gq1	During the past 12 months, for how many weeks altogether were you without any work?	During the past 12 months, for how many weeks altogether were you without any work?

s4gq2	Out of the weeks when you were not working for how many weeks were you actively looking for work?	Out of the weeks when you were not working for how many weeks were you actively looking for work?

s4gq3	Why did you not look for work throughout the period you were available for work?	Why did you not look for work throughout the period you were available for work?

s4gq4	Were you mainly looking for wage/salary work, self-employment, or either one?	Were you mainly looking for wage/salary work, self-employment, or either one?

s4gq5	Did you want to work during the last 12 months?	Did you want to work during the last 12 months?

s4gq6	During the past 12 months, how many weeks were you available for week?	During the past 12 months, how many weeks were you available for week?

s4gq7	During the past 12 months, how many weeks did you actively look for work?	During the past 12 months, how many weeks did you actively look for work?

s4gq8	Why did you not look for work throughout the period you were available?	Why did you not look for work throughout the period you were available?

s4gq9	Were you mainly looking for wage/salary work, self employment or either?	Were you mainly looking for wage/salary work, self employment or either?

loc5	Locality (5)

ez	Ecological Zone

region	Administrative region

weight	Sample weight for

cluster	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number