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: sec11b-Transfer Payments Received by Household

Content	Income transfers and miscellaneous income and expenditures: Transfer payments received by household
Cases	346
Variable(s)	23
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), linno (line 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 is all household heads or main respondents

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological Zone

nh	Household number

linno	line number

s11bq1	Household received/collected money/goods	During the past 12 months has this household received or collected money or goods from ...(NAME OF ABSENT HOUSEHOLD MEMBER)?

s11bq2	Received/collected money/goods from other individual	During the past 12 months has this household received or collected money or goods from any other individual?

s11bq4	ID of absent member of household	ID CODE IF PERSON IS AN ABSENT MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD

s11bq5	Relationship of absent member to head	If not a household member, relationship to the household head?

s11bq6	Sex of member	If not a household member, SEX?

s11bq7	Were remittances made on regular basis	Were these remittances made on a regular basis?

s11bq8	Will household pay for these	Will you have to repay these?

s11bq9	Total amount of cash received	What was the total amount of the cash this household received from this individual during the past 12 months?

s11bq10	Means of receiving the remmittances	Through which means did you receive the remittances?

s11bq11a	1st use of cash received	What were the 3 main uses of cash received?

s11bq11b	2nd use of cash received	What were the 3 main uses of cash received?

s11bq11c	3rd use of cash received	What were the 3 main uses of cash received?

s11bq12	Total value of food received in past 12 months	What was the total value of food received from this individual during the past 12 months?

s11bq13	Value of other goods in past 12 months	What was the value of other goods (non-food items) received from this individual during the past 12 months?

s11bq14	Where individual live	Where does this individual live?

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