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: sec9a-Non-food Expenses (Less frequently purchased items)

Content	Household Expenditure: Non-food expenses (less frequently purchased items)
Cases	74933
Variable(s)	17
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), lfreqcd (Less frequently purchased item)
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	Persons mainly responsible for household purchases

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological Zone

nh	Household number

s9apid1	Person interviewed 1	ID of person interviewed

s9apid2	Person interviewed 2	ID of person interviewed

s9apid3	Person interviewed 3	ID of person interviewed

s9apid4	Person interviewed 4	ID of person interviewed

lfreqcd	Less frequently purchased item	Less frequently purchased items code

s9aq1	Anything spent on item	Was anything spent by the household on ... in the past 12 months?

s9aq2	Amount spent on item in last 12 months	How much was spent on ... in the past 12 months altogether?

s9aq3a	Quantity consumed out of its own output	Has the household used, consumed out of its own output or has received as gift ...?

s9aq3b	Unit code of quantity	Unit code

s9aq4	Amount used or consumed	How much of ... has the household used or consumed out of own production, or has received as gift?

weight	weight