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

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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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Main Occupation (s4eq4)
File: sec4e-Characteristics of Main Occupation
Overview
Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 3
Decimals: 0
Range: 11-933
Valid cases: 785 (366761.1)
Invalid: 333 (183190.9)
Minimum: 21
Maximum: 933
Questions and instructions
Literal question
During the past 12 months, what were the main tasks and duties in the job Name spent most of his/her time on?
Categories
ValueCategoryCasesWeighted
11 Army 0 0 0.0%
12 Navy 0 0 0.0%
13 Air force 0 0 0.0%
14 Pollice 0 0 0.0%
21 Private security personnel 2 1602 0.4%
111 Legislators 0 0 0.0%
112 Senior Government Officials 0 0 0.0%
113 Traditional Chiefs and heads of villages 0 0 0.0%
114 Senior Officials of Special interest organisations 0 0 0.0%
121 Directors and chief executives 0 0 0.0%
122 Production and Operations department managers 0 0 0.0%
123 Other departmental managers 0 0 0.0%
131 General Managers 0 0 0.0%
211 Physicists,chemist and related professionals 0 0 0.0%
212 Mathematicians,Statisticiansand related professionals 1 1122 0.3%
213 Computing Professionals 0 0 0.0%
214 Architects,Engineers and related professionals 0 0 0.0%
221 Life science professionals 0 0 0.0%
222 Health professionals(except)nursing 1 710 0.2%
223 Nursing and Midwifery professionals 0 0 0.0%
231 College,University and and higher education teaching profess 1 453 0.1%
232 Secondary education teaching professionals 0 0 0.0%
233 Primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals 7 3443 0.9%
234 Special education teaching professionals 1 801 0.2%
235 Other teaching professionals 2 875 0.2%
241 Business Professionals 0 0 0.0%
242 Legal Professionals 0 0 0.0%
243 Archivists,librarians and related information professionals 0 0 0.0%
244 Social sciences and related professionals 0 0 0.0%
245 Writers and creative or performing artists 0 0 0.0%
246 Religious professionals 1 417 0.1%
311 Physical and engineering science technicians 0 0 0.0%
312 Computer associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
313 Optical and electronic equipment operators 0 0 0.0%
314 Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians 0 0 0.0%
315 Safety and quality inspectors 2 835 0.2%
321 Life science technicians and related associate professionals 1 638 0.2%
322 Modern health associate professionals(except nursing) 0 0 0.0%
323 Nursing and midwifery associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
324 Traditional medicine practitioners and faith-healers 1 733 0.2%
331 Primary education teaching associate professionals 3 1525 0.4%
332 Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
333 Special education teaching associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
334 Other teaching associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
341 Finance and sales associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
342 Business services agents and trade brokers 0 0 0.0%
343 Administrative associate professionals 2 1254 0.3%
344 Customs, tax and related government associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
345 Police inspectors and detectives 1 232 0.1%
346 Social work associate professionals 1 619 0.2%
347 Artistic,entertainment and sports associate professional 0 0 0.0%
348 Religious associate professionals 0 0 0.0%
411 Secretaries and keyboard -operating clerks 1 710 0.2%
412 Numerical clerks 0 0 0.0%
413 Material-recording and transport clerks 0 0 0.0%
414 Library,mail and related clerks 0 0 0.0%
419 Other office clerks 1 1122 0.3%
421 Cashiers,tellers and related clerks 1 417 0.1%
422 Client information clerks 0 0 0.0%
511 Travel attendants and related workers 1 975 0.3%
512 Housekeeping and restaurant service workers 4 3372 0.9%
513 Personal care and related workers 7 3591 1.0%
514 Other personal service workers 1 453 0.1%
515 Astrologers,fortune-tellers and related workers 0 0 0.0%
516 Protective services workers 1 453 0.1%
521 Fashion and other models 3 1883 0.5%
522 Shop salespersons and demonstrators 8 5497 1.5%
523 Stall and market salespersons 39 25506 7.0%
611 Market gardeners and crop growers 248 105520 28.8%
612 Market-oriented animal producers and related workers 0 0 0.0%
613 Market-oriented crop and animal producers 46 29711 8.1%
614 Forestery and related workers 1 710 0.2%
615 Fishery workers,hunters and trappers 27 19154 5.2%
620 Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers 0 0 0.0%
621 Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers 242 71367 19.5%
711 Miners,shot-firers,stonecutters and carvers 0 0 0.0%
712 Building frame and related trades workers 2 1354 0.4%
713 Building finishers and related trades workers 3 2176 0.6%
714 Painters,building structure cleaners and related trade worke 1 660 0.2%
721 Metal moulders,welders,sheet-metalworkers,structural-metal p 1 1122 0.3%
722 Blacksmiths,toolmakers and related trades workers 0 0 0.0%
723 Machinery mechanics and fitters 7 2729 0.7%
724 Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters 1 1122 0.3%
731 Precision workers in metal and related materials 0 0 0.0%
732 Potters,glass-makers and related trades workers 0 0 0.0%
733 Handicraft workers in wood,textile,leather and related mater 3 1429 0.4%
734 Printing and related trades workers 2 2098 0.6%
741 Food processing and related trades workers 33 20438 5.6%
742 Wood treaters,cabinet-makers and related trades workers 6 3913 1.1%
743 Textile,garment and related trades workers 11 6845 1.9%
744 Felt,leather and shoe making trades workers 2 1716 0.5%
811 Mining and mineral-processing plant operators 0 0 0.0%
812 Metal-processing plant operators 0 0 0.0%
813 Glass,ceramics and related plant operators 0 0 0.0%
814 Wood processing and papermaking plant operators 0 0 0.0%
815 Chemical processing plant operators 0 0 0.0%
816 Power production and related plant operators 0 0 0.0%
817 Automated assembly-line and industrial robot operators 0 0 0.0%
821 Metal and mineral products machine operators 0 0 0.0%
822 Chemical products machine operators 0 0 0.0%
823 Rubber and plastic products machine operators 0 0 0.0%
824 Wood products machine operators 0 0 0.0%
825 Printing,binding and paper products machine operators 0 0 0.0%
826 Textile,fur and leather products machine operators 2 464 0.1%
827 Food and related products machine operators 1 975 0.3%
828 Assemblers 0 0 0.0%
829 Other machine operators and assemblers 0 0 0.0%
831 Locomotive engine-drivers and related workers 0 0 0.0%
832 Motor vehicle drivers 12 7802 2.1%
833 Agricultural and other mobile plant operators 0 0 0.0%
834 Ships' deck crews and related workers 0 0 0.0%
911 Street vendors and related workers 25 18690 5.1%
912 Shoe cleaning and other street services' elemantary occupati 0 0 0.0%
913 Domestic and related helpers,cleaners and launderers 4 1669 0.5%
914 Building caretakers,window and related cleaners 0 0 0.0%
915 Messengers,potters doorkeepers and related workers 1 453 0.1%
916 Garbage collectors and related labourers 1 417 0.1%
921 Agricultural,fishery and related labourers 4 2408 0.7%
931 Mining and construction labourers 0 0 0.0%
932 Manufacturing labourers 2 870 0.2%
933 Transport labourers and freight handlers 3 1710 0.5%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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