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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Created on

Dec 15, 2008

Last modified

Mar 21, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: com-sec22-Economy and Infrastructure 2

Content	Section 2: Economy and Infrastructure
Cases	396
Variable(s)	24
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: comid (Community identification 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
clust	Cluster number

comid	Community identification number

region	Region

cluster	Cluster number

comno	Community number

cs2q6	road impassable during certain times of year?	Is the road that extends to (or pass by) this community impassable during certain times of the year?

cs2q7	for how long is road impassable?	For how long is the road usually impassable during the year? (NUMBER OF MONTHS)

cs2q8	does any household in community have electricity etc?	Do any households in this community have electricity or generators/solar power?

cs2q9	do most households have electricity	Do most households have electricity, or only a few?

cs2q10	does any household have pipe-borne water	Do any households in this community have pipe-borne water/bore hole?

cs2q11	do most households have pipe-borne water	Do most households have pipe-borne water, or only a few?

cs2q12	major source of drinking water-dry season	What is the major source of drinking water for most households in this community during the dry season?

cs2q13	major source of drinking water-rainy season	What is the major source of drinking water for most households in this community during the rainy season?

cs2q14	is there drinking bar, restaurant etc in community?	Is there a drinking bar, restaurant, or chop bar in this community?

cs2q15	is there a post office?	Is there a post office in this community?

cs2q16	how far is the nearest post office	How far away is the nearest post office from this community?

cs2q17	is there a communication centre?	Is there a communication centre or pay phone booth in this community?

cs2q18	how far is the nearest communication centre?	How far away is the nearest communication centre or pay phone booth from this community?

cs2q19	is there a bank?	Is there a bank in this community?

cs2q20	how far is the nearest bank?	How far away is the nearest bank from this community?

cs2q21	is there a daily market?	Is there a permanent (daily) market in this community?

cs2q22	is there a periodic market?	Is there a periodic market in this community?

cs2q23a	how often is this market	How often is this market?(NUMBER OF TIMES)

cs2q23b	how often is this market-unit	How often is this market?(PER TIME UNIT)