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: sec4d-Unemployment

Content	Employment: Unemployment in last 7 days
Cases	480
Variable(s)	21
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	Person ID

s4dqpid	Person interviewed	ID of person interviewed

s4dq1	Available for work	Was Name available for work during the last 7 days or within the next 30 days?

s4dq2	Made any effort in the last 7 days	Has Name made any effort during the last 7 days or past 30 days to find work?

s4dq3	Why not made any effort	Why has Name not made any effort to find work?

s4dq4	What did Name do in this period to find work	What did Name do in this period to find work?

s4dq5	Kind of Job seeking	What kind of job was Name mostly seeking ( available if not seeking) for during this period?

s4dq6	Type of employment	During this period, what type of employment was Name mainly seeking (available if not seeking) for?

s4dq7	How long seeking for work	How long has Name been seeking and/or available for work?

s4dq8	Kind of work	What kind of work did Name do in his/her last job (ie what was Name's main task or duties) (IF NEVER WORKED, WRITE NONE AND CODE 000 FOR ISCO)

s4dq9a	Lowest wage willing to work	What is the lowest wage for which Name is willing to work for someone?

s4dq9b	Time Unit	Time unit

s4dq10	Why not available for work	Why was Name not available for work during the last 7 days or within the next 30 days?

s4dq11	Conditions to be available for work	Under which conditions if any would Name become available for work?

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