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: sec4c-Underemployment

Content	Employment: Underemployment in the last 7 days
Cases	666
Variable(s)	14
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 7 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

s4cqpid	Person interviewed	ID of person interviewed

s4cq1	Considering change work situation	Taking all Name's job into consideration, did Name seek to change his/her work situation in the last 7 days?

s4cq2	How seek to change work situation	How did Name seek to change his/her work situation in the last 7 days?

s4cq3	Most Important reason	What was the most important reason that made Name seek to do that?

s4cq4	Steps taken to change or increase earnings	What steps did name take to change his/her work situation or increase earnings (most important only)?

s4cq5	Ready to change work situation	Is Name ready and have the requirements to change his/her work situation during the next 7 days or within the next 30 days?

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