Ghana - Ghana Living Standard Survey 4 - 1998, With labour force model

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Reference ID GHA-GSS-GLSS 4-1998-v2.0
Year 1998 - 1999
Country Ghana
Producer(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President
Sponsor(s) Government of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
World Bank - WB - Financial and technical assistance
European Commision - EC - Technical assistance
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Data Description
FileDescriptionCasesVariables
sec1-Household Roster The purpose of this section is to identify usual members of households, and to collect demographic data such as age, sex, marital status etc. regardless of his or her other socioeconomic standing. 26411 32
sec2a- General Education The objective of this section is to measure the level of education or formal schooling of all household members aged five (5) years or more. It is also intended to measure how much was spent on education of household members during the past 12 months, time spent on primary schooling, type of school (public or private) attended and the highest educational qualification achieved, including short training course. Information on adult literacy levels and apprenticeship of persons was also collected in this section. 22211 32
sec2b-Educational Career Education Carrier-2b section gathers information on vocational and technical school attended 11939 22
sec2c-Literacy and Apprenticeship Literacy/apprenticeship-2c section figure out whether the respondent can read and write a simple sentence in any Ghanaian language and can do written calculation 22254 28
sec3a-Health Conditions This section gathers information on health status of all household members that will be used to measure the cost of medical care and the use made of the different kinds of health services and facilities available. 25581 33
sec3b- Preventive Health and Immunisation Preventive health-Vas-3b Information on preventive services during the past 12 months, fertility and child mortality is collected. 5658 26
sec3c-Postnatal Care Post-natal care-3c for the purpose of this survey post natal care covers children 5 years and below and persons interviewed are child's mother or adult household member in charge 4048 25
Sec3d-Prenatal care-contraceptive use Prenatal care- Contraceptive use- respondents are women 15 to 49 years old and individuals should each answer for themselves 6013 38
sec4a-Activity Status and Charcteristics of Main Job 20476 37
Sec4b-Main occupation This section is designed to gather information on employment, time use and the different sources of income for household members aged 7 years and over. This section is the special module of the fourth round of the survey and is therefore expanded to include several labour details. 10875 61
Sec4c-Secondary occupation This section is designed to gather information on employment, time use and focus on characteristics of main occupation 2888 47
sec4d-Underemployment This section is designed to gather information on employment, time use and focus on secondary occupation during the last 12 months 233 30
Sec4e-Fourth occupation This section is designed to gather information on employment, time use and focus on third occupation during the last 12 months 26 30
Sec4e-Employment search Employment search-4e activity status and employment search in the last 7 days 9796 29
Sec4g-Activity status in the past 2 weeks activity status in the last two weeks 12048 38
Sec4g-Employment history Employment history thus, jobs done prior to the last 12 months 19525 22
sec4i-Housekeeping Activities House keeping activities -4j all household members 7 years and older 20654 37
sec5a-Migration The purpose of this section is to gather limited data on the spatial mobility of household members. The section is brief, focusing on the most recent migration to elicit information on previous place of residence, type of work and reasons for moving. 14442 24
sec7-Housing Characteristics The quality of house occupied by the household is paramount to the welfare of the members. In this regard, the section seeks information on the type of dwelling, occupancy status, number of rooms and room space, expenditures, utilities and amenities as well as the physical characteristics of the dwelling. 5998 48
sec8c1-Harvest and Disposal of Crops (staple grains) Harvest and disposal of crops-8c ask questions about all crops (grains) that have been harvested in the last 12 months 4109 39
sec8c2-Harvest and Disposal of Crops (roots, vegetables) Harvest and disposal of crops-8c ask questions about all crops (roots, fruits, vegetables and other crops harvested piecemeal) that have been harvested in the last 12 months 4841 27
sec8d-Seasonality of Sales and Purchases Seasonality of sales and purchases-8d basically on staple foods 11400 54
sec8e-Other Agricultural Income Other agricultural income-8e focuses on household sales or produce during the last 12 month 4137 21
sec8f-Agricultural Costs and Expenses Processing of agricultural produce-8f focuses on costs and expenses incurred over the past 12 months on livestock and production of crops. 13376 17
sec8h-Consumption of Own Produce Consumption of own produce-8h 44603 23
sec9a-Non-food Expenses (Less frequently purchased items) Non food expenses-9a2 focuses on household purchases 65222 19
sec9b-Non Food Expenses (frequently purchased items) 84286 18
Sec10a-Basic characteristics of non farm enterpriise Basic characteristics of non farm enterpriise -10a Thus, non-farm enterprise 3386 36
Sec10b-Expenditures -1st, 2nd and 3rd enterprises Expenditures -1st, 2nd and 3rd enterprises - 10b Thus expenses for the household or an enterprise 32739 30
Sec10c1-Assets -1st, 2nd and 3rd enterprises Assets -1st, 2nd and 3rd enterprises - 10c 2724 31
Sec10c2-Revenue of the enterprise Revenue of the enterprise - 10c 3004 26
Sec10e-Net income and revenue of the enterprise Net income and revenue of the enterprise - 10e 3409 28
Sec11a1-Transfer payment made by household Transfer payment made by household -11a1 Information on cash and/or in-kind remittances is collected in this section. Transfers to the household are considered as income whereas transfers from the household constitute expenditures. In the analysis however, net remittance is used. 5989 15
Sec11a2-Transfer payment made by household Transfer payment made by household -11a2 4872 21
Sec11b1-Income from transfers Income from transfers - 11b1 5992 14
Sec11b2-Income from transfers Income from transfers - 11b2 4171 22
Sec11c- Miscelleneous income Miscelleneous income -11c 5998 18
Sec11d- Miscelleneous outgoings Miscelleneous outgoings - 11d 5998 18
Sec12a1-Credits Credits -12a1, credit assets and savings 5992 9
Sec12a2-Credits Credits -12a2 2857 23
Sec12b-Assets and durable consumer goode assets and durable consumer goode -12b 19813 23
Sec12c-Savings Savings - 12c 3541 17

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