Ghana - Ghana Living Standard Survey 4 - 1998, With labour force model
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 |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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- sec1-Household Roste
r - sec2a- General Educa
tion - sec2b-Educational Ca
reer - sec2c-Literacy and A
pprenticeship - sec3a-Health Conditi
ons - sec3b- Preventive He
alth and Immunisatio
n - sec3c-Postnatal Care
- Sec3d-Prenatal care-
contraceptive use - sec4a-Activity Statu
s and Charcteristics
of Main Job - Sec4b-Main occupatio
n - Sec4c-Secondary occu
pation - sec4d-Underemploymen
t - Sec4e-Fourth occupat
ion - Sec4e-Employment sea
rch - Sec4g-Activity statu
s in the past 2 week
s - Sec4g-Employment his
tory - sec4i-Housekeeping A
ctivities - sec5a-Migration
- sec7-Housing Charact
eristics - sec8c1-Harvest and D
isposal of Crops (st
aple grains) - sec8c2-Harvest and D
isposal of Crops (ro
ots, vegetables) - sec8d-Seasonality of
Sales and Purchases - sec8e-Other Agricult
ural Income - sec8f-Agricultural C
osts and Expenses - sec8h-Consumption of
Own Produce - sec9a-Non-food Expen
ses (Less frequently
purchased items) - sec9b-Non Food Expen
ses (frequently purc
hased items) - Sec10a-Basic charact
eristics of non farm
enterpriise - Sec10b-Expenditures
-1st, 2nd and 3rd en
terprises - Sec10c1-Assets -1st,
2nd and 3rd enterpr
ises - Sec10c2-Revenue of t
he enterprise - Sec10e-Net income an
d revenue of the ent
erprise - Sec11a1-Transfer pay
ment made by househo
ld - Sec11a2-Transfer pay
ment made by househo
ld - Sec11b1-Income from
transfers - Sec11b2-Income from
transfers - Sec11c- Miscelleneou
s income - Sec11d- Miscelleneou
s outgoings - Sec12a1-Credits
- Sec12a2-Credits
- Sec12b-Assets and du
rable consumer goode - Sec12c-Savings
Data Description
Data File: sec1-Household Roster
Content | 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. |
Cases | 26411 |
Variable(s) | 32 |
Structure: | Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), pid (Person ID) |
Version | V1.1 |
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 | |
hhid | Household Identification number | ||
pid | Person ID | ||
clust | Enumeration area number | ||
nh | Household ID | ||
sex | sex | sex | |
rel | Relationship to HH head | Relationship to HH head | |
agey | Age in years | Age in years | |
mar | Marital status | Marital status | |
s1q7 | Spouse Lives in this HH | Does Spouse Lives in this household | |
s1q9 | Religion | Religion | |
s1q10 | Region/Country of birth | Region/Country of birth | |
s1q11 | Nationality | Nationality | |
s1q12 | Ethnic group | Ethnic group | |
s1q13 | Father lives in HH | D0es Father lives in household | |
s1q15 | Fathers educ level | Fathers educational level | |
s1q16 | Fathers work | Fathers work | |
s1q17 | Mother live in HH | Does Mother live in household | |
s1q18 | ID of mother | ||
s1q19 | Mothers educ level | Mothers educational level | |
s1q20 | Mothers work | Mothers work | |
s1q21 | Months away from HH | ||
s1q22 | Living in another HH | ||
s1q23 | HH member | ||
reg | region | ||
region | Administrative region | ||
loc5 | Locality (5) | ||
ez | Ecological Zone | ||
loc2 | Locality (2) | ||
loc3 | Locality (3) | ||
loc7 | Locality (7) | ||
weight | Sample weight for GLSS4, =1 for GLSS3 | ||
cluster | Cluster number | ||
Total variable(s):
32 |