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Ghana - National Transport Household Survey, 2007
| Reference ID | GHA-GSS-NTHS-2007-v1.0 |
| Year | 2007 - 2008 |
| Country | Ghana |
| Producer(s) | Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous |
| Sponsor(s) | Danish International Development Agency - DANIDA - Provided funding for the survey |
| Metadata |
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Jul 13, 2012
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Dec 05, 2013
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Data Description
Data File: Transport use by household
| Content | SECTION F: TRANSPORT (HOUSEHOLD) TO BE ANSWERED BY THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD OR ANY RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN THE HOUSEHOLD. This section has general questions on transport use to be answered by the househols head or other resposible adult. Questions were asked on how long it will take to walk to the nearest transport terminals and some facilities inlcuding food shops, Post Office and the Police Station. Questions were also asked on the means of transport to these facilities, difficulties faced and the frequesncy of the means of transport. There were also questions on transport reliability, cost of transport and the availability of transport to convey household members to a health facility in the event of an emergency. |
| Cases | 5783 |
| Variable(s) | 66 |
| Version | This is the final version of the data which was used for the report. |
| Producer | Ghana Statistical Service |
| Missing Data | Missing data is coded as 9 or a series of 9s that fills the length of the field. |
| Processing Checks | Checks done included completeness in the responses to the questions and observance of skips on some questions. |
Variables
| Name | Label | Question | |
| HH1 | Region | ||
| HH2 | District | ||
| HH3 | EA number | ||
| HH4 | Urb/rul | ||
| HH5 | Household Number | ||
| TH1A | Minutes to walk to the nearest Bus stop | ||
| TH1B | Minutes to walk to the nearest Train station | ||
| TH1C | Minutes to walk to the nearest Canoe/Ferry stop | ||
| TH1D | Minutes to walk to the nearest Taxi rank | ||
| TH1E | Minutes to walk to the nearest health facility | ||
| TH2A | How HHembers get to food shop | ||
| TH2B | How HHembers get to Other shop | ||
| TH2C | How HHembers get toTraditional Healer | ||
| TH2D | How HHembers get to Health facility | ||
| TH2E | How HHembers get to Post Office | ||
| TH2F | How HHmembers get to police station | ||
| TH3A | How many minutesHHembers take to get to health facility | ||
| TH3B | Minutes HHmembers take a food shop | ||
| TH3C | How many minutesHHembers take to get to Other shops | ||
| TH3D | How many minutesHHembers take to get toTraditional healer | ||
| TH3E | How many minutesHHembers take to get to Post Office | ||
| TH3F | How many minutesHHembers take to get Police station | ||
| TH4 | Nearest market from residence | ||
| TH5 | Frequent means of HH the to market | ||
| TH6 | Same means back from market | ||
| TH7 | Frequent means of HH from market | ||
| TH8A | Time spent at station to market-mins | ||
| TH8B | Time spent at station from market-mins | ||
| TH9A | Amount spend to market | ||
| TH9B | Amount spend from market | ||
| TH10 | Any difficulty to market | ||
| TH11 | Obstacles face going to market | ||
| TH12A | Time spend on the way to market-mins | ||
| TH12B | Time spend from market-mins | ||
| TH13 | Frequent transport to market(min) | ||
| TH14 | Reliable transport to market | ||
| TH15 | Time of the day transport not reliable | ||
| TH16A | First important transport problems | ||
| TH16B | Second important transport problems | ||
| TH17A | Total monthly expenditure on bus | ||
| TH17B | Total monthly expenditure on taxi | ||
| TH17C | Total monthly expenditure on train | ||
| TH17D | Total monthly expenditure on Ferry/Canoe | ||
| TH17E | Total monthly expenditure on Private car | ||
| TH17F | Total monthly expenditure on Trotro | ||
| TH17G | Total monthly expenditure on other | ||
| TH18 | Total monthly income before deductions | ||
| TH19 | Bicycles own by household | ||
| TH20A1 | Motorcycle in good conditions for private use | ||
| TH20A2 | Motorcycle in good conditions for commercial use | ||
| TH20B1 | Car in good condition for private use | ||
| TH20B2 | Car in good condition for commercial use | ||
| TH20C1 | Minibus in good condition for private use | ||
| TH20C2 | Minibus in good condition for commercial use | ||
| TH20D1 | Bus in good condition for private use | ||
| TH20D2 | Bus in good condition for commercial use | ||
| TH20E1 | Truck in good condition for private use | ||
| TH20E2 | Truck in good condition for commercial use | ||
| TH20F1 | Other for private use | ||
| TH20F2 | Other for commercial use | ||
| TH21 | Last 12 months any member in critical codition | ||
| TH22 | Attempt to send person to health facility | ||
| TH23 | Why no attempt to send person to health facility | ||
| TH24 | Any reason the person was not sent to health facility | ||
| TH25 | Person able to reach health facility | ||
| TH26 | Person unable to reach health facility | ||
Total variable(s):
66 |