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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Apr 06, 2009
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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: Sec4g-Activity status in the past 2 weeks
Content | activity status in the last two weeks |
Cases | 12048 |
Variable(s) | 38 |
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 | ||
nh | Household ID | ||
s1q23 | HH member | ||
clust | Enumeration area number | ||
s4gq1 | Do any work last 7 days | ||
s4gq2 | Which was main occupation | ||
s4gq3b | Hours in occ2 | ||
s4gq3c | Hours in occ3 | ||
s4gq3d | Hours in occ4 | ||
s4gq3e | Total hours worked last 7 days | ||
s4gq4 | Want to work more hours | ||
s4gq5 | Look for replacement work | ||
s4gq6 | Available for work | ||
s4gq7 | Why not available | ||
s4gq8 | Available for full-time | ||
s4gq9 | Made efforts to find work | ||
s4gq10 | Why make no effort | ||
s4gq11 | What done to find work | ||
s4gq12 | Looking for wage/salary work | ||
s4gq13 | Work for Govt/state enterprise | ||
s4gq14 | Work in private firm | ||
s4gq15 | Made effort to work | ||
s4gq16 | Seek work in other institution | ||
s4gq17 | How long available for work | ||
s4gq18 | How long unemployed | ||
s4gq19 | Work in last job | ||
s4gq20a | Lowest wage willing to work | ||
s4gq20b | Time Unit | ||
s4gq3a | Hours on main activity | ||
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):
38 |