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

Metadata

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Jul 13, 2012

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Data Description

Data File: Education and use of transport services

Content	This sections looks at the current educational attendance of all household members aged 3 year and older. For those curretly attending school, questions were asked on the means of transport usually used to go to and from school. Questions were also asked on the average waiting time and travel time and the amount spent. Qestions were asked on the number of trips made using vaious modes of transport in the last four weeks before the survey and the type of difficulties encountered going to and from school.
Cases	20320
Variable(s)	41
Version	This is the final dataset used for the preparation of 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	Checks were made on the eligibility of household members who responded to the questions in this section. There were also checks on the correctness of skips on some of the questions.

Variables

Name	Label	Question
HH1	Region

HH2	District

HH3	EA number

HH4	Urban/rural

HH5	Household Number

ED1	Line number

EID	Personal Identification

ED2	Currently attending school	Is (NAME) currently attending school?

ED3	Current grade	What is (NAME's) current grade?

ED4	Is school public or private	Is the school (NAME) attending public or private?

ED5	Distance from residence	How far is the school from (NAME's) residence?

ED6A	Means of transport to school-in	By what means does (NAME) usually go to and from school? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00 >> NEXT PERSON )

ED6B	Means of transport from school-out	By what means does (NAME) usually go to and from school? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00 >> NEXT PERSON )

ED7A	Average time spent at station:in(min)	What is the average time (NAME) usually spend at the station before getting transport to and from school? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00)

ED7B	Average time spent at station:out(min)	What is the average time (NAME) usually spend at the station before getting transport to and from school? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00)

ED8A	Amount spend (In)	How much does (NAME) usually spend to travel from residence to and from school in a week? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00)

ED8B	Amount spend (Out)	How much does (NAME) usually spend to travel from residence to and from school in a week? (IF IN BOARDING HOUSE CODE 00)

ED9A	Time spent to and from school:in(min)	How much time does (NAME) usually spend going to and from school daily? To school TRAVEL TIME

ED9B	Time spent to and from:out(min)	How much time does (NAME) usually spend going to and from school daily? From school TRAVEL TIME

ED10	Same transport	Does (NAME) always go to his/her school by the same means of transport? (CHECK ED6)

ED11A1	Car type-Public taxi	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by public taxi?

ED11A2	Car type-shared Public taxi	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by shared public taxi?

ED11A3	Car type-IndPublic taxi	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by individual public taxi?

ED11A4	Car type-trotro	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by trotro?

ED11A5	Car type-bus	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by bus?

ED11A6	Car type-metro mass	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by metro mass?

ED11A7	Car type-school bus	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by school bus?

ED11A8	Car type-private car	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by private car?

ED11AA	Motor car-Total trips

ED11B	Bicycle-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by bicycle?

ED11C	Motor cycle	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by motor cycle?

ED11D	Canoe/Boat/Ferry	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by Canoe/Boat/Ferry?

ED11E	Foot	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school on Foot?

ED11F	Train-trips	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by Train?

ED11G	Other(specify)	In the last 4 weeks, how many times did (NAME) go to and from school by other means of transport? Specify

ED12	Difficulty getting to school	Does (NAME) face any difficulty getting to school?

ED13	Main obstacles	What main obstacle does (NAME) face?

ED14	Other obstacles	What other obstacle does (NAME) face ?

ED15	Ever been to school	Has (NAME) ever been to school ?

ED16	Highest grade	What was the highest grade (NAME) completed ?

ED17	Why currently not attending school	Why is (NAME) not currently attending school?