Ghana - Financial Service Survey 2006
Reference ID | GHA-GSS-FSS-2006-v1.0 |
Year | 2006 |
Country | Ghana |
Producer(s) | Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President |
Sponsor(s) | World Bank - WB - Funding and technical support |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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Nov 05, 2010
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Data Description
Data File: Section 1 - Respondent characteristics
Content | The file contains information on the background of household members. Some of the housholds were enumerated in the GLSS5 from which the EAs were drawn and so do not answer some questions. Information relate to age, sex, marital status, relationship to head of household, educational attainment and employment status. |
Cases | 4894 |
Variable(s) | 24 |
Structure: | Type: relational Keys: clust (Cluster number), nh (Household number) |
Version | Version 1.0 |
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 |
Notes | The universe for this survey was ALL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 15 YEARS AND OLDER. |
Variables
Name | Label | Question | |
clust | Cluster number | ||
nh | Household number | ||
fshid | Household identification | ||
qgroup | Questionnaire group | ||
s1q1 | Person number in Section 1 of questionnaires | ||
s1q2 | Language used by respondent | LANGUAGE USED BY RESPONDENT | |
s1q3 | Whether interpreter was used | WAS AN INTERPRETER USED? | |
s1q4 | Sex of respondent | Is (NAME)..... | |
s1q5 | Whether person was a household member during GLSS5 | WAS THIS PERSON A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER DURING THE GLSS 5? | |
s1q6 | Person number of household member as recorded in GLSS5 | RECORD THE ID NUMBER FROM THE GLSS 5 | |
s1q7 | Relationship of persons to household head | What is the relationship of (NAME) to head of household? | |
s1q8 | Age of household members in completed years | What is (NAME's)age? | |
s1q9 | Marital status of household members | What is (NAME's) present marital status? | |
s1q10 | Whether respondent's spouse was living in the household | Does (NAME's) spouse live in the household? | |
s1q11 | Person number of spouse | COPY THE ID CODE OF THE SPOUSE | |
s1q12 | Whether respondent's father was living in the household | Does (NAME's) father live in this household? | |
s1q13 | Person number of father | COPY ID CODE OF FATHER | |
s1q14 | Whether respondent's mother was living in the household | Does (NAME's) mother live in this household? | |
s1q15 | Person number of mother | COPY ID CODE OF MOTHER | |
s1q16 | Whether person in household has ever attended school | Has (NAME)ever attended school? | |
s1q17 | Highest grade completed by person living in the household | What was the highest grade completed? | |
s1q18 | Whether person in household worked for pay, profit or family gain in last 7days | Did (NAME) do any work for pay, profit, family gain or did (NAME) produce anything for barter or home use during the last 7 days (including temporary absence from work)? | |
s1q19 | How many months person in household had been absent during past 12 months? | For how many months during the past 12 months has (NAME) been away from this household? | |
s1q20 | While absent, was the person a member of another household? | While absent, was (NAME) a member of another household? (including single person household). | |
Total variable(s):
24 |