Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (With a Labour Force Module) 2012-2013, Round Six

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS6-2012-v1.0

Year

2012 - 2013

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Government of Ghana

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Funding
UK Department For International Development - UK-DIFID - Funding
International Labour Organaisation - ILO - Funding
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP - Funding
United Nations Children Educ

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Sep 12, 2014

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Data Description

Data File: comsec52

Content	The file contains data related to Section 5 of the Community Questionnaire. It contains questions on agriculture.
Cases	1
Variable(s)	49
Version	Version 1.0 (September, 2014)
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	Missing data are asterisks (*)
Processing Checks	Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including: a) Office editing and coding by field editors b) Using range checks during data capture c) Structure , range and completeness checks d) Secondary editing using batch editing rules developed in CSPro 4.1 e) Consistency check in all sections using STATA

Variables

Name	Label	Question
region	Region	Region

clust	Cluster number	Cluster number

eatype	Eatype	EA type

communitynumber	Communitynumber	Community number

cs5q5	Does community have agric extension office	Does this community have an Agricultural Extension Office?

cs5q6	Distance to nearest agric extension office	How far away is the agricultural extension office from this community?

cs5q7	Agric extension officer stationed in community	Is there an agricultural extension officer stationed in this community?

cs5q8	Agric extension officer visit farmers in community	Does an agricultural extension officer or agent visit the farmers of this community?

cs5q9	What agencies are they from	What agency(ies) are they from?

cs5q9o	Other agencies extension officers are from	What (other) agency(ies) are they from?

cs5q10a	Agric extension service 1st	What are the four main services they provide?

cs5q10b	Agric extension service 2nd	What are the four main services they provide?

cs5q10c	Agric extension service 3rd	What are the four main services they provide?

cs5q10d	Agric extension service 4th	What are the four main services they provide?

cs5q10o	Other agric extension service	What are the four main services they provide (other)?

cs5q11	Comply with guideline/services officer provides	Do you comply with the guidelines or the services the Officer give?

cs5q12	Agric/fishing association in community	Is there an agricultural/fishing association in this community?

cs5q13	What is agric/fishing association name	What is its name of the association?

cs5q13a	Major service agric association provide 1st	What three major services does it provide?

cs5q13b	Major service agric association provide 2nd	What three major services does it provide?

cs5q13c	Major service agric association provide 3rd	What three major services does it provide?

cs5q13o	Other major service agric association provide	What other major services does it provide?

cs5q14	Do farmers in community participate in agric cooperative	Do any of the farmers in this community participate in an agricultural cooperative?

cs5q15	Number of tractors used for agric purposes in community	How many tractors are used for agricultural purposes in this community?

cs5q16	Rice husking machine in community	Is there a rice-husking machine in this community?

cs5q17	Do farmers in community use chemical fertilizer	Do any of the farmers in this community use chemical fertilizer?

cs5q18	Do farmers in community use insecticides	Do any of the farmers in this community use insecticides?

cs5q19	Do farmers in community use herbicides	Do any of the farmers in this community use herbicides?

cs5q20	Irrigated fields in community	Are there any irrigated fields in this community?

cs5q21	More or less rain since past 12 months	During the past 12 months (since .........) have you received more or less rain than during the 12 months before?

cs5q22	Do people in community buy or sell land	Do some people in this community buy and sell land?

cs5q23	Sharecroppers in community	Are there any sharecroppers in this community?

cs5q24	Proportion of sharecroppers in community	What is the proportion of sharecroppers?

cs5q25mc	Amount for clearing: man	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (clearing - man)?

cs5q25mp	Amount for planting: man	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (planting - man)?

cs5q25mh	Amount for harvesting: man	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (havesting - man)?

cs5q25ma	Other major activity: man	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (other major activity - man)?

cs5q25wc	Amount for clearing: woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (clearing - woman)?

cs5q25wp	Amount for planting: woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (planting - woman)?

cs5q25wh	Amount for harvesting: woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (havesting - woman)?

cs5q25wa	Other major activity: woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (other major activity - woman)?

cs5q25cc	Amount for clearing: child	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (clearing - child)?

cs5q25cp	Amount for planting: child	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (planting - child)?

cs5q25ch	Amount for harvesting: child	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (havesting - child)?

cs5q25ca	Other major activity: child	How much money does an agricultural labourer charge for a day's work (other major activity - child)?

cs5q26	Mutual aid system in community	Is there a system of mutual aid among the farmers of this community for fieldwork?

cs5q27	How are land plots measured in community	How are land plots usually measured in this community?

cs5q28a	Dimensions of land plots measurement (length)	What are the dimensions of this measurement (length in metres)?

cs5q28b	Dimensions of land plots measurement (width)	What are the dimensions of this measurement (width in metres)?