Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 2:1988-1989, Second round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS2-2008-v2.0

Year

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Funding
The World Bank - WB - Funding and Technical Assistance

Metadata

Created on

Dec 15, 2008

Last modified

Mar 14, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: Y16B-anthropometrics 2

Cases	11287
Variable(s)	20
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFICATION (CLUST,NH)), pid (PERSON NUMBER)
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

Name	Label	Question
cid	CARD TYPE

clust	CLUSTER NUMBER

nh	HOUSEHOLD NUMBER

hhid	HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFICATION (CLUST,NH)

pid	PERSON NUMBER

ageb	AGE IN YRS - 16B

sexb	16BQ1: SEX W/PREG & LACTATING

intdb	16BQ2: DAY OF INTERVIEW

intmb	16BQ2: MONTH OF INTERVIEW

intyb	16BQ2: YEAR OF INTERVIEW

wtb	16BQ3: WEIGHT - KGS

htb	16BQ4: HEIGHT - MMS

nomsrb	16BQ5: REASON FOR NOT MEASURING?

region	REGION

ez	ECOLOGICAL ZONE

loc2	TYPE OF LOCALITY 2

loc3	TYPE OF LOCALITY 3

loc4	TYPE OF LOCALITY 4

loc5	TYPE OF LOCALITY 5

weight	WEIGHTS