Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 3 -1991, Third round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS 3-1991-v2.1

Year

1991 - 1992

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Goverment of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
The World Bank - - Support in all aspect of the survey
European Union - EU - Support in all aspect of the survey

Metadata

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Feb 20, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Activity status-s4h

Content	Information on activity status in the last 7 days.
Cases	15528
Variable(s)	24
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: pid (Economic Head id), hhid (Household Identification number)
Version	V2.0
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 id

nh	Household id

pid	Economic Head id

s1q15

s4hq1	In the past 7 days, which of the previous occupations we discussed was your main activity?	In the past 7 days, which of the previous occupations we discussed was your main activity?

s4hq2	In the past 7 days, how many hours did you spend on this occupation?	In the past 7 days, how many hours did you spend on this occupation?

s4hq3	During the past 7 days, did you want to work more hours?	During the past 7 days, did you want to work more hours?

s4hq4	In the past 7 days, did you look for replacement work?	In the past 7 days, did you look for replacement work?

s4hq5	In the past 7 days, did you want to work?	In the past 7 days, did you want to work?

s4hq6	In the past 7 days, have you been actively looking for work?	In the past 7 days, have you been actively looking for work?

s4hq7	In the past seven days, were you mainly looking for wage/salary employment, self-employment or either one/	In the past seven days, were you mainly looking for wage/salary employment, self-employment or either one/

s4hq8	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to work for the Government or a state enterprise?	In the past seven days, were you mainly looking for wage/salary employment, self-employment or either one/

s4hq9	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to work in a large private firm?	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to work in a large private firm?

s4hq10	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to work in a small private firm?	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to work in a small private firm?

s4hq11	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to obtain work in another type of institution?	In the past 7 days, did you actively seek to obtain work in another type of institution?

s4hq12	What was the main reason for not looking for work?	What was the main reason for not looking for work?

s4hq13a	What is the lowest wage for which you will be willing to work for someone?	What is the lowest wage for which you will be willing to work for someone?

s4hq13b	What is the lowest wage for which you will be willing to work for someone in a day, week, fortnight, month, year?	What is the lowest wage for which you will be willing to work for someone in a day, week, fortnight, month, year?

loc5	Locality (5)

ez	Ecological Zone

region	Administrative region

weight	Sample weight

cluster	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number