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

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Dec 15, 2008

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Data Description

Data File: Y01B-parents of hh member

Cases	14438
Variable(s)	28
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household identification number (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

Variables

Name	Label	Question
cid	Card type

clust	Cluster number	Cluster:

nh	Household number	Household.

hhid	Household identification number (clust,nh)

pid	Person number	Person identification code.

fres	01bq1: father live in house?	Q1. Is the father of … [NAME] living in this house?

fid	01bq2: id no of father	Q2. COPY THE IDENTIFICATION CODE FOR THE FATHER.

fliv	01bq3: father alive?	Q3. Is the father of … [NAME] still alive?

flit	01bq4: father ever attended school?	Q4. Did the father of… [NAME] attend school?

fed	01bq5: highest grade completed-father	Q5. What was the highest grade he completed?

fdeg	01bq6: highest degree obtained-father	Q6. What was the highest diploma or degree obtained by the father of … [NAME]…?

focc	01bq7: main occupation of father	Q7. What kind of work did the father of … [NAME] …do for most of his life?

livf	01bq8: live with father when 10 yrs?	Q8. When… [NAME] was 10 years old, did he/she live with his/her father?

mres	01bq9: mother live in household?	Q9. Is the natural mother … [NAME] living in this household?

mid	01bq10: id no of mother	Q10. COPY THE MOTHER'S IDENTIFICATION CODE .

mliv	01bq11: mother alive?	Q11. Is the mother of … [NAME] still alive?

mlit	01bq12: mother ever attended school?	Q12. Did the mother of … [NAME] attend school?

med	01bq13: highest grade completed-mother	Q13. What was the highest grade she completed?

mdeg	01bq14: highest degree obtained-mother	Q14. What was highest diploma or degree obtained by … [NAME'S] mother?

mocc	01bq15: main occupation of mother	Q15. What kind of work did … [NAME'S] … mother do for most of her life?

livm	01bq16: live with mother when 10 yrs?	Q16. When [NAME] was 10 years old, did he/she live with his/her mother?

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