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: Migration - s5

Content	Information on migration status of all household members 15 years and older.
Cases	10762
Variable(s)	33
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

s5q0

s5q1	Were you born here?	Were you born here?

s5q2	Have you always lived in this village/town?	Have you always lived in this village/town?

s5q3	Have you ever moved away from this village/town for more than a year and returned here?	Have you ever moved away from this village/town for more than a year and returned here?

s5q4	How many years ago did you first moved away?	How many years ago did you first moved away?

s5q5a	How many years have you lived in this village/town since you last returned	How many years have you lived in this village/town since you last returned

s5q5b	How many months have you lived in this village/town since you last returned?	How many months have you lived in this village/town since you last returned?

s5q6a	How many years have you lived in this village/town?	How many years have you lived in this village/town?

s5q6b	How many months have you lived in this village/town?	How many months have you lived in this village/town?

s5q7	In which region or country were you living before you came to this village/town?	In which region or country were you living before you came to this village/town?

s5q8	Where was that place you were living before?	Where was that place you were living before?

s5q9a	How many hours would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)	How many hours would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)

s5q9b	What main mode of transport would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)?	What main mode of transport would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)?

s5q9c	How many days would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)?	How many days would it take to get from here to (NAME OF PLACE)?

s5q10	What is the distance?	What is the distance?

s5q11	What was your main work in (NAME OF PLACE)?	What was your main work in (NAME OF PLACE)?

s5q12	In what trade or industry was this work?	In what trade or industry was this work?

s5q13	In that job were you mainly working for regular pay?	In that job were you mainly working for regular pay?

s5q14	Whom were you working for?	Whom were you working for?

s5q15	What was the main reason for moving from(NAME OF PLACE)	What was the main reason for moving from(NAME OF PLACE)

s5q16	Did you move because you lost a job or your business was not profitable?	Did you move because you lost a job or your business was not profitable?

s5q17a	How many years did you live in (NAME OF PLACE)?	How many years did you live in (NAME OF PLACE)?

s5q17b	How many months did you live in (NAME OF PLACE)?	How many months did you live in (NAME OF PLACE)?

loc5	Locality (5)

ez	Ecological Zone

region	Administrative region

weight	Sample weight

cluster	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number