Ghana - Ghana Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire Survey - 2003

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-CWIQ II -2003-v2.1

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana statistical service - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
The World Bank - - Financial and technical assistance

Created on

Feb 20, 2009

Last modified

Mar 14, 2016

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How does household rank its ability to cope with shocks (j5)
File: Household data - CWIQ 2003

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-5

Valid cases: 48982 (4089899.1)
Invalid: 21 (2578.8)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5

Questions and instructions

Universe

All household included in the survey.

Literal question

If there is a crisis such as poor crops , loss of job, or ill health ,
some people quickly become destitute while others remain secure.
How would you rate your household's ability to survive such
crises?

Source of information

Head of household or Household member

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Very secure	2853	259466	6.3%
2	Somewhat secure	8062	667710	16.3%
3	Average	13793	1192892	29.2%
4	Somewhat insecure	14689	1181557	28.9%
5	Very insecure	9585	788275	19.3%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.