Ghana - Financial Service Survey 2006

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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
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Overview
Identification
Country
Ghana
Title
Financial Service Survey 2006

Study Type
Other Household Survey
Series Information
This is the first time the Financial Service Survey has been implemented in Ghana.

ID Number
GHA-GSS-FSS-2006-v1.0
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Final datasets and other documentation on the Financial Service Survey.

Production Date
2008-07-31
Notes
This is the first time this Financial Service Survey has been implemented in the country.

Overview
Abstract
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the World Bank Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) partnered to implement the survey. The purpose was to find out household's access to and use of available financial services.This was a follow-up to an earlier test of survey designs regarding household access to financial services. The underlying premise is that the identity of a respondent can affect the quality and completeness of the information provided, especially when that respondent is providing information about other household members.

The survey will examine whether questions about specific products (e.g. credit cards, life insurance policies, savings clubs) elicit more complete information than questions asking whether a respondent uses services from a type of provider (e.g. commercial bank, credit union).

To derive the data necessary for these tests, the Financial Service Survey incorporated an experimental design in which one of three versions of the survey instrument (questionnaire) was randomly administered to each household. Individual household members were also randomly selected to respond to some sections of the questionnaire.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Individuals

Scope
Notes
The scope of the Financial Service Survey includes:

Household: Household listing and demograhpic information on household members.

Individuals: Access to and use of financial services (including savings, credit, loans, etc.) by household members, heads of household and randomly selected members.

Individuals: Actions and attitudes towards access and use of various financial services including savings, credit, loans, insurance, pension funds, etc.

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
basic skills education [6.1] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social behaviour and attitudes [13.6] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
retirement [3.4] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Keywords
Bank, Credit, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Loan, Retirement, Savings, Pension
Coverage
Geographic Coverage (1)
National

Geographic Coverage (2)
Regional

Geographic Coverage (3)
District, Municipal, Metropolitan

Universe
The survey covered all adult household members (usual residents) aged 15 years and older.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Office of the President
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
World Bank WBFunding and technical support
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Ghana Statistical ServiceGSSOffice of the PresidentCompiling, reviewing and archiving the survey
Date of Metadata Production
2008-07-31
DDI Document Version
version 1.0 (July 2008)

DDI Document ID
DDI-GHA-GSS-FSS-2006-v1.0

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