Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) 2022-2024
Ghana
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DDI-GHA-GSS-AHIES-2022-2024-v1.1
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Identification
Survey ID Number
DDI-GHA-GSS-AHIES-2022-2024-v1.1
Title
Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) 2022-2024
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ghana | GH |
Abstract
The Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) is the first nationally representative high-frequency household panel survey in Ghana. The AHIES is being conducted to obtain quarterly and annual data on household final consumption expenditure and a wide scope of demographic, economic and welfare variables including statistics on labour, food security, multi-dimensional poverty and health status for research, policy, and planning. Some of the key macroeconomic indicators to be generated include quarterly GDP, regional GDP, quarterly unemployment, underemployment, inequality, consumption expenditure poverty, multidimensional poverty and food security. The data from the AHIES is classified, tabulated and disseminated so that researchers, administrators, policy makers and development partners can use the information in formulating and implementing various development programs at the national and community levels and also to monitor targets under the Sustainable Development Goals.
Unit of Analysis
-Individuals
-Households
-Households
Version
Version Description
Production Date: 2025-09-09, v1.1: Raw sample data, obtained from data entry, for office use only
Scope
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Demography |
| Education |
| Health |
| Household |
| Head of household |
| Housing |
| Labour |
| Panel Survey |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Nation-wide
Universe
The universe covers the population living within individual households in Ghana. However, such population which is defined
as institutionalised population as persons living at elderly houses, rest homes, correction facilities, military baracks, and
hospitals with special characteristics, nursery,and also nomadic population are excluded
as institutionalised population as persons living at elderly houses, rest homes, correction facilities, military baracks, and
hospitals with special characteristics, nursery,and also nomadic population are excluded
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) | Government |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana Statistical Service | autonomous | Documentation of the study |
| World Bank | autonomous | Technical assistance |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Harmonising and Improving Statistics in West Africa Project | ( HISWAP) | Funds |
| World Bank | World Bank | Technical assistance |
| Government of Ghana | (GoG) | Technical assistance |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Sampling Procedure
With the sampling procedure, 10,800 households in 600 EAs, consisting of 304 (50.67%) urban and 296 (49.33%) rural
households were drawn from the 2021 Population and Housing Census listing frame to form the secondary sampling units. A
random sampling methodology was adopted to select eighteen (18) households per selected EAs in all regions to form the full
sample for the fieldwork to be able to produce regionally representative expenditures for GDP.
With the sampling procedure, 10,800 households in 600 EAs, consisting of 304 (50.67%) urban and 296 (49.33%) rural
households were drawn from the 2021 Population and Housing Census listing frame to form the secondary sampling units. A
random sampling methodology was adopted to select eighteen (18) households per selected EAs in all regions to form the full
sample for the fieldwork to be able to produce regionally representative expenditures for GDP.
Data Collection
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [CAPI]
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-GHA-GSS-AHIES-2022-2024-v1.1
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana Statistical Service | GSS | autonomous | Documentation of the study |
| World Bank | World Bank | autonomous | Technical assistance |