Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (With a Labour Force Module) 2012-2013, Round Six

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS6-2012-v1.0

Year

2012 - 2013

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Government of Ghana

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Funding
UK Department For International Development - UK-DIFID - Funding
International Labour Organaisation - ILO - Funding
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP - Funding
United Nations Children Educ

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Sep 12, 2014

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Data Description

Data File: SEC2a

Content	The file contains data related to section 2A- General Educational characteristics of the household members 3 years and older.
Cases	48
Variable(s)	35
Version	Version 1.0 (September, 2014)
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	Missing data are asterisks (*)
Processing Checks	Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including: a) Office editing and coding by field editors b) Using range checks during data capture c) Structure , range and completeness checks d) Secondary editing using batch editing rules developed in CSPro 4.1 e) Consistency check in all sections using STATA

Variables

Name	Label	Question
region	REGION	REGION

clust	ENUMERATION AREA	ENUMERATION AREA

nh	HOUSEHOLD NUMBER	HOUSEHOLD NUMBER

HID	Household unique Identification	Household unique Identification

PID	ID of individual	ID of individual

s2aqpid	Id of Person Interviewed	Id of Person Interviewed

s2aq1	Name ever attended sch?	Has (NAME) ever attended school?

s2aq1a	Main reason never attended school	What is/was the main reason why (NAME) has never attended school?

s2aq2	Highest grade completed	What is the highest grade completed?

s2aq2a	Age started primary school	At what age did (NAME) start primary school?

s2aq3	Highest qualification attained	What was the highest educational qualification attained?

s2aq4	Attend sch past 12 months	Did (NAME) attend school/college at any time during the past 12 months?

s2aq5	Still in school?	Is (NAME) still in school?

s2aq6	Is school public or private	Is the school (Name) attending Public or Private?

s2aq7	Current grade	What is the current grade?

s2aq8h	Hours spent in going to and from sch	How much time- hours does (NAME) spend going to and from school daily?

s2aq8m	Minutes spent in going to and from sch	How much time- minutes does (NAME) spend going to and from school daily?

s2aq9	Hours of class attended last week	How many hours of class did (NAME) attend last week?

s2aq10	Hours of class missed last week	How many hours of class did (NAME) miss last week?

s2aq10a	Why miss class last week	Why did (NAME) miss class last week?

s2aq10ao	Other reason why miss school last week	Why did (NAME) miss class last week?- other

s2aq11h	Hours spent on homework done	How many hours of homework did (Name) do last week?

s2aq11m	Minutes spent on homework done	How many minutes of homework did (Name) do last week?

s2aq12	School and registration fees	I want to ask you about the educational expenses for (NAME) during the past 12 months? (DO NOT INCLUDE BURSARY AND SCHOLARSHIP) How much was spent on- School fees and registration fees?

s2aq13	Contributions to PTA	How much was spent on Contribu-tions to parent/ teacher associa-tions (PTA)?

s2aq14	Uniforms & sports clothes	How much was spent on Uniforms and sports clothes?

s2aq15	Books & school supplies	How much was spent on Books and school supplies?

s2aq16	Transportation to & from school	How much was spent on transpor-tation to and from school?

s2aq17	Food, board & lodging	How much was spent on Food, board & lodging at school?

s2aq18	Expenses on extra classes	How much was spent on Expenses on extra classes?

s2aq19	In-kind expenses	How much was spent on In-kind expenses?

s2aq20	If cannot break down	(IF CANNOT GIVE BREAK DOWN) of any of the expenses

s2aq21	Who paid education expenses	Who paid for most of (NAME'S) the educational expenses?

s2aq22	Have a scholarship	Did (NAME) have a scholarship/ bursary during the past 12 months?

s2aq23	Amount of scholarship	Did (NAME) have a scholarship/ bursary during the past 12 months?