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-sec23-Economy and Infrastructure 3

Content	Section 2:Economy and infrasctructure
Cases	396
Variable(s)	30
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

cs2q24	how far is the nearest periodic market	How far away is the nearest periodic or daily market?

cs2q25	does public transport pass by community?	Does public transport pass by this community?

cs2q26	what is the major means of public transport	What is the major means of public transport?

cs2q27	how far must you go to board public transport	How far away from this community must you go to board a public transport?

cs2q28a	how often does public transport pass by this community	How often does public transport pass by this community? (NUMBER OF TIMES)

cs2q28b	how often does public transport pass by this community-unit	How often does public transport pass by this community? (PER TIME UNIT)

cs2q29	leave temporarily during certain times of the year for work	Do any of the people in this community leave temporarily during certain times of the year to look for work elsewhere?

cs2q30a	where do most of them go	Where do most of them go? (WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE AND COUNTRY AND WHETHER IT'S A VILLAGE,TOWN, ETC).

cs2q30b	where do most of them go	Where do most of them go? (WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE AND COUNTRY AND WHETHER IT'S A VILLAGE,TOWN, ETC).

cs2q31	what type of work do they look for	What type of work do they look for during these times of the year?

cs2q32a	how long do they work before returning-number	How long do they work before returning to the community? (Number)

cs2q32b	how long do they work before returning-unit	How long do they work before returning to the community? (time unit)

cs2q33	what are the ages of most of the people who find seasonal wo	What are the ages of most of the people who find seasonal work outside this community?

cs2q34	do people come to this community temporarily for work	Do people come to this community temporarily during certain times of the year to look for work?

cs2q35a	where do most of them come from - name of place	Where do most of them come from (WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE, COUNTRY, AND WHETHER IT IS A VILLAGE, TOWN, ETC).

cs2q35b	where do most of them come from	Where do most of them come from (WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE, COUNTRY, AND WHETHER IT IS A VILLAGE, TOWN, ETC).

cs2q36a	what is two major types of work done in this community-1st	What two major typesof work do they do in this community? (first)

cs2q36b	what is two major types of work done in this community-2nd	What two major typesof work do they do in this community? (second)

cs2q37a	how long do they work before leaving-number	How long do they work in this community before leaving? (Number)

cs2q37b	how long do they work before leaving-unit	How long do they work in this community before leaving? (Time unit)

cs2q38	what are the ages of most of the people who do seasonal work	What are the ages of most of the people who come here to do seasonal work?

cs2q39	is it easier or more difficult to find work in community	Is it easier or more difficult to find work in this community compared to ten years ago (1995/6)?

cs2q40a	what three major community development projects are on going	What three major community development projects are on-going in this community? (First)

cs2q40b	what three major community development projects are on going	What three major community development projects are on-going in this community? (Second)

cs2q40c	what three major community development projects are on going	What three major community development projects are on-going in this community? (Third)