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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What did (NAME) do in this period to find work or start a business? (s4eq4)
Data file: 2023 AHIES Q1-Q4_Rev_20250827
Overview
Valid:
2229
Invalid:
194724
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
17
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applied to prospective employer | 325 |
14.6%
|
| 2 | Checked at farm/factories/work sites | 441 |
19.8%
|
| 3 | Asked friends and relatives | 964 |
43.2%
|
| 4 | Took action to start business | 265 |
11.9%
|
| 5 | Took action to start agricultural activity | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Upgrading skills | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Searched internet | 61 |
2.7%
|
| 8 | Searched newspaper adverts | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Searched employment services | 24 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Looked for land, building, equipment | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Registered at an employment centre | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | Took a test or interview | 8 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Waited on the street to be recruited for casual work | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Sought financial assistance to look for work or start a busi | 72 |
3.2%
|
| 15 | Applied for a permit or licence to start a business | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | Placed/answered job advertisement(s) | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Other (specify) | 35 |
1.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 194724 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.