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

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Dec 15, 2008

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Data Description

Data File: sec2a- General Education

Content	General Education
Cases	1319
Variable(s)	38
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: pid (Person number), hhid (Household Identification number)
Version	v2.0
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 3 years and older

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological zone

nh	Household number

pid	Person number	Person Id

s2aqpid	Id of Person Interviewed	Id of Person Interviewed

s2aq1	Name ever attended sch?	Has Name ever attended school?

s2aq2	Highest grade completed	What was the highest grade completed?

s2aq3	Highest qualification attained	What was the highest educational qualification attained?

s2aq4	Attend sch past 12 months	Did Name attend school/college at any time during the last 12 months?

s2aq5	Still in school?	Is Name still in school?

s2aq6	Is school public or private	Is the school Name is attending public or private?

s2aq7	Current grade	What is the current grade?

s2aq8h	Hours spent in going to and from sch	How much time (hours)does Name spend going to and from school daily?

s2aq8m	Minutes spent in going to and from sch	How much time (minutes)does Name spend going to and from school daily?

s2aq9	Hours of class attended last week	How many hours of class did Name attend last week?

s2aq10	Hours of class missed last week	How many hours of class did Name miss last week?

s2aq11h	Hours spent on homework done	How many hours of homework did Name do last week?

s2aq11m	Minutes spent on homework done	How many minutes of homework did Name do last week?

s2aq12	School and registration fees	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on school fees and registration fees?

s2aq13	Contributions to PTA	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on contributions to PTA?

s2aq14	Uniforms & sports clothes	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on Uniforms and sports cloths?

s2aq15	Books & school supplies	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on books and school supplies?

s2aq16	Transportation to & from school	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on transportation to and from school?

s2aq17	Food, board & lodging	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on food, board and lodging at school?

s2aq18	Expenses on extra classes	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on expenses on extra classes?

s2aq19	In-kind expenses	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on in kind expenses?

s2aq20	If cannot break down	I want to ask about educational expenses for Name during the past 12 months? How much was spent on education(if cannot give breakdown) give total amount

s2aq21	Who paid education expenses	Who paid for most of the educational expenses?

s2aq22	Have a scholarship	Did Name have a scholarship/bursary during the past 12 months?

s2aq23	Amount of scholarship	What was the amount of the scholarship/ bursary received for the past 12 months?

level	Level of education

loc5	Locality 5

loc7	Locality 7

loc2	urban/rural-corr

hhid	Household Identification number

weight	weight