2025 QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (Q1-Q3)
Ghana
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DDI-GHA-GSS-QLFS-2025Q1-Q3-v1.1
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Aug 18, 2026
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- 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
What is the main reason why [NAME] did not make any effort to find a paid job or (s4eq3)
Data file: 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
Overview
Valid:
4000
Invalid:
117665
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
96
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe that there is no work/ jobs available | 114 |
2.9%
|
| 2 | Do not have any skills or experience | 52 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | Believe no suitable work available in area of Name Skills | 39 |
1%
|
| 4 | Discouraged (Lost hope of finding any kind of work) | 28 |
0.7%
|
| 5 | Lacks necessary schooling, training or qualification | 13 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Employers think I am too young to work | 111 |
2.8%
|
| 7 | Employers think I am too old to work | 11 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Awaiting the season?s for work | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 479 |
12%
|
| 10 | Transportation problems | 1 |
0%
|
| 11 | Awaiting result for recruitment to the public/ private servi | 3107 |
77.7%
|
| 96 | Other (Specify) | 35 |
0.9%
|
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.