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

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Dec 15, 2008

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Data Description

Data File: sec4e-Characteristics of Main Occupation

Content	Employment: Screening questions and characteristics of main occupation in past 12 months
Cases	1118
Variable(s)	47
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

Variables

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

s4eqpid	Person interviewed	I.D FOR PERSON INTERVIEWED

s4eq1	Do any work for pay	Did Name do any work for pay, profit, family gain or did Name produce for barter?

s4eq2	Number of jobs Done	During tha last 12 months, how many jobs did Name do altogether?

s4eq3	Number of weeks worked	In total , how many hours did Name work in all these jobs over the last 12 months?

s4eq4	Main Occupation	During the past 12 months, what were the main tasks and duties in the job Name spent most of his/her time on?

s4eq5	Industry connected with	What kind of trade, services or industry is this work connected with (DESCRIBE THE MAIN GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED)?

s4eq6	Why not same work	Why is Name not doing the same work?

s4eq7y	Number of years	How long (years) has Name been doing this work altogether?

s4eq7m	Number of months	How long (months) has Name been doing this work altogether?

s4eq8	Receive money for work	Has Name received or will Name receive money for this work?

s4eq9a	Amount including bonuses,commissions	What is the amount (including any bonuses, commission, allowances or tips)received?

s4eq9b	Time Unit	Time unit

s4eq10a	Duration of worked	The last time Name received this money how long did name actually work (ANSWER MUST BE IN THE SAME TIME UNIT AS QUESTION 9)

s4eq10b	Time Unit	Time unit

s4eq11	Tax deducted from pay	Are taxes already deducted from Name's pay?

s4eq12	Status in job	What was the status of Name in this work?

s4eq13	For whom worked for	For whom did Name work?

s4eq14	Receive payment in form of food, crops	Does/Did Name receive any payment for this work in the form of food, crops, animals or clothes?

s4eq15a	Value of these goods	What is the value of these goods?

s4eq15b	Time Unit	Time Unit

s4eq16	Employer give free accomodation/reduced price	Does/Did Name's employer give Name accomodation that is free or at a reduced price?

s4eq17a	Value gained from this arrangement	How much does name gain from this arrangement?

s4eq17b	Time Unit	Time Unit

s4eq18	Enjoy free transport or reduced fares	Does Name's employer give Name free transport or reduced fares?

s4eq19a	Value of thesearrangements	How much does name gain from this arrangement?

s4eq19b	Time Unit	Time Unit

s4eq20	Receive payment in any other form	How much does Name gain from this arrangement?

s4eq21a	What is the value of this form of payment?	What is the value of this form of payment?

s4eq21b	Time Unit	Time unit

s4eq22	Number of weeks worked	During the past 12 months for how many weeks did Name do this work/

s4eq23	Number of hours per week	During this week how many hours per week did Name usually work?

s4eq24	Received any training lasting one month	During the last 5 years has name received any training lasting at least one month relating to his/her work?

s4eq25m	Number of months of training	How long(months) was the last training?

s4eq25w	Number of weeks of training	How long (weeks) was the last training?

s4eq26	Number of hours a week of training	How many hours a week did (Name) receive this training?

s4eq27	Who paid for training	Who paid for the training?

s4eq28	Lose any entitlement or benefit	Did (Name) lose any entitlement or beneifit during the period of his/her training?

s4eq29a	Amount of entitlement lost	By how much was it?

s4eq29b	Time Unit	Time unit

weight	weight