Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES II) - 2015

Ghana, 2015

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DDI-GHA-GSS-IBES-2015-v1.0

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

Collections

Economics

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID Number

DDI-GHA-GSS-IBES-2015-v1.0

Title

Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES II) - 2015

Country

Name	Country code
Ghana	GHA

Study type

Business Survey [bu/oth]

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Establishments

Version

Version Description

version 1.0: This is the data and report from the Integrated Business Establishment Survey. The tables generated were used in the preparation of the final report.

Version Date

2015-10-01

Scope

Notes

The survey covered establishments in both the public and private sector. For the private sector, it covered all formal establishments particularly, members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Ghana Association of Consultants (GAC), Ghana Hoteliers Association (GHA), Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) and the Ghana Chamber of Mines. The 100 extablishments forming the Ghana Club 100 and those listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) were also covered. A number of construction sites were also visited to collect information on persons engaged. The survey covered all sectors of the economy under the broad headings Agriculture, Industry and Services.

Keywords

Keyword
Construction
Employment
Industry
Labour
Jobs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National

Universe

Firms within the private and public sector in Ghana.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)	Office of the President

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Government of Ghana	GoG	Funding
World Bank	WB	Funding

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2015-10-01	2015-10-30

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Ghana Statistical Service	GSS	Office of the President

Questionnaires

To be published later

Access policy

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Government Statistician	Ghana Statistical Service	ibes@statsghana.gov.gh	www.statsghana.gov.gh

Confidentiality

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) requires all users to keep information and data strictly confidential. In this regard, before being granted access to datasets, all users have to formally agree to observe the following: 1. Not to make copies of any files or portions of files to which access has been granted except with the authorization by GSS 2. Not to willfully identify any individual or household or establishment in the dataset 3. To hold in strictest confidence, the identity of any individual or household or establishment that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such unintended identification revealed should be immediately brought to the attention of GSS. 4. Data obtained from GSS are protected by copyright law and therefore not for re-distribution or sale 5. Prospective clients or data users may indicate in an affidavit confidentiality of data they access.

Access conditions

The Ghana Statistical Service as a public institution has the obligation to promote data dissemination to facilitate national development. Making data available will enable students and the academia to conduct research works, assist investors to take business decision, help the individual to evaluate and take appropriate decisions. It will also assist the government to formulate appropriate policies and programmes to facilitate national development. GSS' policy framework provides access to data through: 1. Public use files. These categories of data sets are accessible by all without any payment. They are available on-line to all interested users, for research and statistical purposes only. 2. Licensed datasets. These categories of data sets are accessible under certain conditions. Thus, prospective clients/data users may access any data based on certain conditions set by the GSS 3. Datasets only accessible on location. We consider this category as a data enclave where some data sets are only accessible at GSS head office and prospective data users and researches have to physically be available at GSS head office for further discussions before data are released. Thus, data enclave would not be linked to the outside world through our web site or other medium. The following terms and conditions apply: Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files for which access has been granted, except those authorized by GSS. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to identify any person, establishment, or sampling unit. 3. To hold in strictest confidence, the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the GSS. 4. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of GSS. 5. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. 6. The data will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations. 7. No attempt will be made to identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the GSS. 8. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the GSS with other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. 9. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the GSS would cite the source of data in accordance with the citation statement provided with the dataset 10. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the GSS.

Citation requirements

GSS, Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES)-2015, version 1.0

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Government Statistician	Ghana Statistical Service	statservice@gmail.com	www.statsghana.gov.gh

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The original collector of the data, Ghana Statistical Service, other producers and sponsors cited in this document bear no responsibility for use of the data, for interpretations and inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI-GHA-GSS-IBES-2015-v1.0

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Ghana Statistical Service	GSS	Office of the President	Compiling, reviewing and archiving the survey

Date of Metadata Production

2015-12-06

DDI Document version

version 1.0

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