Ghana - Ghana Living Standard Survey 5: 2005, With Non-Farm Household Enterprise Module

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS-2005-v2.0

Year

2005 - 2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Funding
World Bank - WB - Support
European Union - EU - Support

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Dec 15, 2008

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Data Description

Data File: sec4b-Characteristics of Secondary Occupation

Content	Employment: Characteristics of secondary occupation in the last 7 days
Cases	134
Variable(s)	32
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), 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
Notes	The universe for this section is all household members 7 years and older and answer to question 2 in (part A) is greater than one

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological zone

nh	Household number

pid	Person number	Person ID

s4bpid	Person interviewed	ID of person interviewed

s4bq1	Occupation code	Describe the main task and duties in the other kind of work that Name spent most time on, apart from his/her main occupation?

s4bq2	Industry connected with	What kind of trade, services or industry is this work connected with?

s4bq3y	How many years	How long (years) has Name been doing this work altogether?

s4bq3m	How many months	How long (months) has Name been doing this work altogether?

s4bq4	Number of hours worked in the last 7 days	During the last 7 days how many hours did Name actually work on this job?

s4bq5	Work sametime on job alongside main job	Did Name work on this job at the same time as his/her main job over the last 7 days? if yes how long did Name do both altogether?

s4bq6	Money received	Has name received or will Name receive money for this work?

s4bq7a	Amount received	What was the amount (including any bonuses, commissions, allowances or tips) received?

s4bq7b	Time Unit	Time unit

s4bq8	Status in Job	What was the status of Name in this job?

s4bq9	For whom worked	For whom did Name work?

s4bq10	Receive any payment for work	Does Name receive any payment for this work in the form of goods or services?

s4bq11a	Value of goods or services provided	What is the value of the goods or services provided?

s4bq11b	Time Unit provided	Time unit

s4bq12	Signed written contract at work or not	When Name started this work, did he/she sign a written contract?

s4bq13	Trade Union at work place or not	Is there a trades union at the place where Name works?

s4bq14	Paid holidays or not	In this job is Name entitled to paid holidays?

s4bq15	Entitled to paid sick leave and or maternity	Is Name entitled to paid sick leave and/or maternity leave in this job?

s4bq16	Receive pension retirement or not	Will Name receive a retirement pension?

s4bq17	Entitled to free medical care or not	Is Name entitled to free or subsidized medical care in this job?

s4bq18	Entitled to social security benefit or not	Is Name entitled to any other social security benefits in this job?

s4bq19	Mainly does work	Where does Name usually do his/her work?

s4bq20	Number of people who work in the place	How many people altogether work in the place where Name does this work?

weight	weight