Ghana - National Transport Household Survey, 2007

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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
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Data Description

Data File: Market access for agricultural produce

Content This section was answered by only houseold members who were engaged in agriculture as their main occupation. Questions were asked about the type of agricultural activity they were engaed in, outlets for the agricultural produce, and difficuities encountered in the marketing of their produce.
Questions were also asked on the distance to the nearest market, availability of transport and the general state of the roads during the rainy season as well as the dry season.
Cases 4550
Variable(s) 22
Version Final dataset 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 Checking against those who indicated that their main occupation was farming and the industry as agriculture under the economic activity section of the questionnaire.

Variables

NameLabelQuestion
HH1 Region
HH2 District
HH3 EA number
HH4 Urban/rural
HH5 Household Number
MK1 Line number
MKID Personal Identification
MK2 Main purpose of engagement in agriculture What is the main purpose of engagement in agricultural farming?
MK3 Main outlet for sale What is the main outlet for the sale of your produce?
MK4 Distance(km) to nearest market How far is the nearest market where (NAME) sells his/her farm produce?
MK5 Difficulty in marketing Do you have any difficulty marketing your farm produce?
MK6 Main difficulty What are the two main difficulties (NAME) faces in marketing his/her farm produce?
MK7A Transport-crop code What is the transport cost per unit of farm produce from (NAME's) farm gate to the nearest market?
TYPE OF CROP
MK7B Ttransport-unit code What is the transport cost per unit of farm produce from (NAME's) farm gate to the nearest market?
UNIT OF MEASURE
MK7C Transport-fare What is the transport cost per unit of farm produce from (NAME's) farm gate to the nearest market?
UNIT COST
MK8 How far is nearest motorable road(km) How far is the nearest motorable road from the farm?
MK9 Nearest road condition in rainy season What is the general condition of the nearest road from your locality during the rainy season?
MK10 Nearest road condition in dry season What is the general state of the nearest road from your locality during the dry season?
MK11A Transport time unit during harvest season How often does transport come to your locality to cart farm produce during the harvest season?
TIME UNIT
MK11B Transport frequency during harvest season How often does transport come to your locality to cart farm produce during the harvest season?
FREQUENCY OF TRANSPORT
MK12A Transport time unit during lean season How often does transport come to your locality to cart farm produce during the lean season?
TIME UNIT
MK12B Transport frequency during lean season How often does transport come to your locality to cart farm produce during the lean season?
FREQUENCY
Total variable(s): 22

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