Ghana - Ghana Education Impact Evaluation Survey 2003

Reference ID

ID: GHA-GSS-GEIES-2003-v1.0

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

World Bank - - Funding

Metadata

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Created on

Feb 20, 2009

Last modified

Mar 14, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: JSS-Section2

Content	Junior secondary school questionnaire dataset section 2
Cases	289
Variable(s)	42
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Uniqueid)
Version	Version 1.0 (August, 2008)
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
region	region

schid	schid

schname	school name

j_intday	Day of interview

j_intmon	Month of interview

j_intyr	Year of interview

j_repeat	Repeat visit

j_repday	Day repeat interview

j_repmon	Month repeat interview

j_repyr	Year repeat interview

j_langcd	Main language

j_total	Total number of teachers

j_numint	Number interviewed

j_numst	Number taking tests

j_oldsid	Old school id

urbrur	Locality

zone	Zone

j_respon	Status of respondent

js2q1	Were all the students who wanted to enrol in JS1 admitted?	Were all the students who wanted to enrol in JS1 admitted?

js2q2	How many who wanted to enro for JS1 were not admitted?	How many who wanted to enro for JS1 were not admitted?

js2q3a	JS1 admission criteria 1.	JS1 admission criteria 1.

js2q3b	JS1 admission criteria 2.	JSS1 admission criteria 2.

js2q3c	JS1 admission criteria 3.	JSS1 admission criteria 3.

js2q4a	Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 1.	Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 1.

js2q4b	Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 2.	Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 2.

js2q5	How many students completed JS3 last academic year?	How many students completed JS3 last academic year?

js2q6	How many of them went to SSS the following year?	How many of them went to SSS the following year?

js2q7a	How far is the nearest SSS? (units)	How far is the nearest SSS? (units)

js2q7b	How far is the nearest SSS? (code)	How far is the nearest SSS? (code)

js2q8	How many weeks of schooling were there in the last academic year?	How many weeks of schooling were there in the last academic year?

js2q9	How many days did the school have to close because of teachers absence at meetings etc.?	How many days did the school have to close because of teachers absence at meetings etc.?

js2q10a	How many hours are there in the normal school day?	How many hours are there in the normal school day?

js2q10b	How many minutes are there in the normal school day?	How many minutes are there in the normal school day?

js2q11a	How many hours are spent out of the classroom for activities such as assembly and breaktime?	How many hours are spent out of the classroom for activities such as assembly and breaktime?

js2q11b	How many minutes are spent out of the classroom for activities such as assembly and breaktime?	How many minutes are spent out of the classroom for activities such as assembly and breaktime?

js2q12a	How many hours of each school day are spent in the classroom?	How many hours of each school day are spent in the classroom?

js2q12b	How many minutes of each school day are spent in the classroom?	How many minutes of each school day are spent in the classroom?

js2q13a	How many hours are spent each day on the core subjects?	How many hours are spent each day on the core subjects?

js2q13b	How many minutes are spent each day on the core subjects?	How many minutes are spent each day on the core subjects?

js2q14a	How many hours are spent each day on extra-curricula activites?	How many hours are spent each day on extra-curricula activites?

js2q14b	How many minutes are spent each day on extra-curricula activites?	How many minutes are spent each day on extra-curricula activites?

hhid	Uniqueid