Ghana - National Transport Household Survey, 2007

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-NTHS-2007-v1.0

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous

Sponsor(s)

Danish International Development Agency - DANIDA - Provided funding for the survey

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Jul 13, 2012

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Data Description

Data File: Economic activity

Content	SECTION D 1: ECONOMIC ACTIVITY (Questions were asked of household members 12 years and older who had engaged in an economic activity during the last 7 days before the interview). Questions in this section related to the sector of employment of those who did some work in the last 7 days before the interview. Questions were asked on the type of occupation and industry and the modes of travel to the workplace. There were questions on the number of trips made using the various modes, the waiting and travel time, amount spent and the kind of difficulties encountered traveling to and from the workplace.
Cases	18801
Variable(s)	50
Version	This is the final version of the dataset for the report.
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service
Missing Data	Missing data is coded as 9 or a series of 9s that fills the length of the field.
Processing Checks	The data was checked to determine whether only the eligible household members were interviewed. There were also checks on the occupation and industry to ensure the correct codes were assigned.

Variables

Name	Label	Question
HH1	Region

HH2	District

HH3	EA number

HH4	Urban/rural

HH5	Household Number

EC1	Line number

ECID	Personal Identification

EC2	Did any work for pay, profit	Did (NAME) do any work for pay, profit or family gain in the last 7 days?

EC3	Status in employment	What was (NAME's) status in employment?

EC4	Main occupation	What was (NAME's) main occupation? (SEE LIST OF CODES IN ENUMERATOR'S MANUAL)

EC5	Main industry worked	What was the main industry (NAME) worked in?

EC6	Sector of employment	What was (NAME's) sector of employment?

EC7	Distance(km) from residence	How far away is (NAME's) place of work from his/her residence?

EC8	Does work requires travel from residence	Does (NAME's) work require travel from his/her place of residence?

EC9A	Means of travel-In	By what means does (NAME) often travel to his/her workplace?

EC9B	Means of travel-Out	By what means does (NAME) often travel from his/her workplace?

EC10A	Waiting time at station:in(min)	How long does (NAME) usually wait at the station before getting transport to the workplace? WAITING TIME

EC10B	Waiting time at station:out(min)	How long does (NAME) usually wait at the station before getting transport from the workplace? WAITING TIME

EC11A	Amount spend on transport-In	How much does (NAME) usually spend on transport to the workplace in a week? (IF NO PAYMENT CODE 00)

EC11B	Amount spend on transport-Out	How much does (NAME) usually spend on transport from the workplace in a week? (IF NO PAYMENT CODE 00)

EC12A	Travel time at station:in(min)	How much time does (NAME) usually spend on the way going to the workplace? TRAVEL TIME

EC12B	Travel time at station:out(min)	How much time does (NAME) usually spend on the way from the workplace? TRAVEL TIME

EC13	Same means of travel	Does (NAME) always go to the workplace by the same means?

EC14A1	Car type-Ind public taxi	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Individual public taxi?

EC14A2	Car type-shared taxi	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Shared taxi?

EC14A3	Car type-trotro	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Trotro?

EC14A4	Car type-private car	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Private car?

EC14A5	Car type-metro mass	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Metro mass?

EC14A6	Car type-Public bus	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Public bus?

EC14AA	Motor car-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by the following means?

EC14B	Train-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Train?

EC14C	Bicycle-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Bicycle?

EC14D	Motor cycle-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Motor cycle?

EC14E	Canoe/Boat/Ferry-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by Canoe/Boat/Ferry?

EC14F	Foot-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work on Foot?

EC14G	Other(specify)-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did you go to work by any other means? Specify

EC15	Face any difficulty	Does (NAME) face any difficulty in getting to his/her workplace?

EC16	Main difficulty	What main difficulty does (NAME) face going to the workplace?

EC17	Other difficulty	What other difficulty does (NAME) face going to the workplace?

EC18A	Frequency of commuting	How often does (NAME) commute between his/her residence and place of work? NO OF TRIPS

EC18B	Commute time unit	How often does (NAME) commute between his/her residence and place of work? TIME UNIT

EC19	Frequency of transport schedule	How frequent is the transport schedule to (NAME's) workplace?

EC20A	Time transport is not available-In	Which time of the day is transport not available to (NAME's) workplace?

EC20B	Time transport is not available-Out	Which time of the day is transport not available from (NAME's) workplace?

EC21	Work during the past 12 months	Did (NAME) work during the past 12 months?

EC22	Last occupation	Last occupation of (NAME), if ever worked. (IF NEVER WORKED, WRITE NEVER WORKED, CODE 999 AND SKIP TO NEXT PERSON)

EC23	Last industry	Last industry of (NAME), if ever worked.

EC24	Actively looking for job	Has (NAME) been actively looking for work?

EC25	First main challenge	What two main challenges does (NAME) face in looking for work?

EC26	Why not looking for job	Why has (NAME) not been looking for work?