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

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Dec 15, 2008

Last modified

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Data Description

Data File: com-sec52-Agriculture 2

Content	Section 5: Agriculture
Cases	396
Variable(s)	44
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: comid (Community identification 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

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

comid	Community identification number

region	Region

cluster	Cluster number

comno	Community number

cs5q5	does community have agric extension officer	Does this community have an agricultural Extension office?

cs5q6	how far is the agric extension officer	How far away is the agricultural extension office from the community?

cs5q7	is there agric extension officer stationed in this community	Is there an agricultural extension officer stationed in this community?

cs5q8	does agric extension officer visit the farmers	Does an agricultural extension officer or agent visit the farmers of this community?

cs5q9	what agencies are they from	What agency (ies) are they from?

cs5q10a	what are the four main services they provide - 1st	What are the four main services they provide? first rank

cs5q10b	what are the four main services they provide - 2nd	What are the four main services they provide? second rank

cs5q10c	what are the four main services they provide - 3rd	What are the four main services they provide? Third rank

cs5q10d	what are the four main services they provide - 4th	What are the four main services they provide? Fourth rank

cs5q11	is there an agric or fishing association	Is there an agricultural/fishing association in this community?

cs5q12a	what three major services does it provide-1st	What is its Name and what 3 major services does it provide? First rank

cs5q12b	what three major services does it provide-2nd	What is its Name and what 3 major services does it provide? Second rank

cs5q12c	what three major services does it provide-3rd	What is its Name and what 3 major services does it provide? Third rank

cs5q13	does any farmer participate in agric cooperative	Do any of the farmers in this community participate in agricultural cooperative?

cs5q14	how many tractors are used for agric purposes	How many tractors are used for agricultural purposes in this community?

cs5q15	is there a rice husking machine	Is there a rice husking machine in this community?

cs5q16	does any of the farmers use chemical fertilizer	Do any of the farmers in this community use chemical fertilzer?

cs5q17	does any of the farmers use insecticide	Do any of the farmers in this community use insecticide or herbicides?

cs5q18	are there any irrigated fields	Are there any irrigated fields in this community?

cs5q19	have you received more or less rain	During the past 12 months (since...) have you received more or less rain than during the 12 months before?

cs5q20	do some people buy and sell land	Do some people in this community buy and sell land?

cs5q21	Are there any sharecroppers in this community	Are there any sharecroppers in this community?

cs5q22	what would be the proportion of sharecroppers	What would be the proportion of sharecroppers?

cs5q23c1	amount paid for clearing-man	How much money does an agricultural labourer (man) charge for a days's work - for clearing?

cs5q23p1	amount paid for planting-man	How much money does an agricultural labourer (man) charge for a days's work - for planting?

cs5q23h1	amount paid for harvesting-man	How much money does an agricultural labourer (man) charge for a days's work - for harvesting?

cs5q23m1	amount paid for other activities-man	How much money does an agricultural labourer (man) charge for a days's work - for other major activity?

cs5q23c2	amount paid for clearing-woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer (woman) charge for a days's work - for clearing?

cs5q23p2	amount paid for planting-woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer (woman) charge for a days's work - for planting?

cs5q23h2	amount paid for harvesting-woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer (woman) charge for a days's work - for harvesting?

cs5q23m2	amount paid for other activities-woman	How much money does an agricultural labourer (woman) charge for a days's work - for other major activity?

cs5q23c3	amount paid for clearing-child	How much money does an agricultural labourer (child) charge for a days's work - for clearing?

cs5q23p3	amount paid for planting-child	How much money does an agricultural labourer (child) charge for a days's work - for planting?

cs5q23h3	amount paid for harvesting-child	How much money does an agricultural labourer (child) charge for a days's work - for harvesting?

cs5q23m3	amount paid for other activities-child	How much money does an agricultural labourer (child) charge for a days's work - for other major activity?

cs5q24	system of mutual aid among farmer	Is there a system of mutual aid among the farmers of this community for fieldwork?

cs5q25	how are land plots measured	How are land plots usually measured in this commnuity?

cs5q26a	what are the dimensions-length	What are the dimension of this measurement (Length)?

cs5q26b	what are the dimension-width	What are the dimension of this measurement (Width)?