Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey : 1987-1988, First round

Start	End	Cycle
1987-08-20	1988-08-27	5 years

Start	End	Cycle
1988-08-27		5 years

Face-to-face [f2f]
The household survey contains modules (sections) to collect data on household demographic structure, housing conditions, schooling, health, employment, migration, expenditure and income, household non-agricultural businesses, agricultural activities, fertility and contraceptive use, savings and credit, and anthropometric (height and weight) measures.

The community questionnaire collected data on the population of the community, a list of principal ethnic groups and religions, the length of time the community has existed and whether or not it has grown, principal economic activities, access to a motorable road, electricity, pipe-borne water, restaurant or food stall, post office, bank, daily market and public transport, employment, migration for jobs, existence of community development projects, schools and how far from the community, information is obtained on whether it is public or private, data on distance and travel time to the nearest of each of several types of health post, dispensary, pharmacy, maternity home, family planning clinic, type of crops grown in the community, how often and when they are planted and harvested, and how the harvest is generally sold.

Price questionnaire collected information on prices from up to three vendors i.e. food, pharmaceutical and other non-food items.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Ghana Statistical Service	GSS	Office of the President

The GLSS survey was conducted by ten teams. Each of the ten teams include a supervisor, two interviewers, an anthropometrist, a data entry clerk stationed at the regional office and a driver ( with a landrover).