Ghana - Ghana Living Standard Survey 5: 2005, With Non-Farm Household Enterprise Module

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS-2005-v2.0

Year

2005 - 2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Funding
World Bank - WB - Support
European Union - EU - Support

Metadata

Created on

Dec 15, 2008

Last modified

Mar 21, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: sec2c-Literacy and Apprenticeship

Content	Education : Literacy and Apprenticeship
Cases	1240
Variable(s)	24
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), pid (Person number)
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
Notes	The universe for this section is all household members 5 years and older

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological zone

nh	Household number

pid	Person number	Person ID

s2cq1	Read in English	Can Name read a phrase/sentence in English (show flash card)?

s2cq2	Read in Ghanaian Lang	In what Ghanaian language can Name read a phrase or sentence (show flash card)?

s2cq3	Write in English	Can Name write a sentence in English?

s2cq4	Write in Ghanaian Lang	In what Ghanaian language can Name write a sentence?( STATE THE ONE IN WHICH NAME IS MOST PROFICIENT)

s2cq5	Written Calc	Can Name do written calculations? (Use flash cards)

s2cq6	Attended literacy course	Has Name ever attended a literacy course?

s2cq7	If not why	If not attending/attended why?

s2cq8	How many months	For how many months has Name been attending/attended a literacy course?

s2cq9	Ever been apprentice	Is Name or Has Name ever been an apprentice?

s2cq10y	Years spent on apprenticeship	How long in years was (is) the apprenticeship?

s2cq10m	Months spent on apprenticeship	How long in months was (is) the apprenticeship?

s2cq11	What is main trade	What is the main trade Name is learning or learnt?

s2cq12	Pay a fee for training	Did Name pay a fee for this training?

s2cq13	How much was paid	How much did Name pay for the training?

s2cq14	Other short training courses	Has Name ever attended other training course lasting not more than 6 months?

s2cq15	What was main subject	What was the main subject of the most recent training?

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