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

Metadata

Created on

Dec 15, 2008

Last modified

Mar 21, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: sec5a-Migration

Content	Migration
Cases	1169
Variable(s)	20
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

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

s5aqpid	Id of person interviewed	ID of person interviewed

s5aq1	Born in this village or town	Was Name born in this village or town?

s5aq2	Lived away from this village	Has Name ever lived away from this village /town for a year or more?

s5aq3	Ever moved	Has Name ever moved away from this village/town for more than a year?

s5aq4a	Years	How long (years)ago did Name last move/return to this place?

s5aq4b	Number of months	How long (months)ago did Name last move/return to this place?

s5aq5	Intend to stay	Does Name intend to stay for a year or more in this village/town?

s5aq6	Living previously	Where was Name living previously?

s5aq7	Main activity	What was Name's main activity in (NAME OF PLACE IN Q6)?

s5aq8	Industry	In what industry was this work?

s5aq9	Working for	Who was Name working for?

s5aq10	Reason for moving	What was the main reason for moving from (NAME OF PLACE IN Q6)to this village/town?

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