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

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Feb 20, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Income from transfers - s11b2

Content	Income from transfers - 11b2
Cases	1665
Variable(s)	22
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
hhid	Household Identification number

clust	Cluster id

nh	Household id

trinccd	Member id

s11bq5	Relationshp	Relationshp

s11bq6	Sex	Sex

s11bq7	Were this remitances made on a regular basis	Were this remitances made on a regular basis

s11bq8	Will this remitances be paid in some near future	Will this remitances be paid in some near future

s11bq9	amount given in the past 12 months	amount given in the past 12 months

s11bq10	food given in the past 12 months	food given in the past 12 months

s11bq11	Value of goods sent in the past 12 months	Value of goods sent in the past 12 months

s11bq12	Where does receipient live	Where does receipient live

pid	Economic Head id

loc5	Locality (5)

ez	Ecological Zone

region	Administrative region

loc2	Locality (2)

loc3	Locality (3)

loc7	Locality (7)

weight	Sample weight for GLSS4, =1 for GLSS3

welfare	Welfare Index (=expendc/(povpi*eqsc))

cluster	Cluster number