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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- 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
What did (NAME) do in this period to find work or start a business? (s4eq4)
Data file: 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
Overview
Valid:
5765
Invalid:
115900
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
17
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applied to prospective employer | 1143 |
19.8%
|
| 2 | Checked at farm/factories/work sites | 33 |
0.6%
|
| 3 | Asked friends and relatives | 3807 |
66%
|
| 4 | Took action to start business | 66 |
1.1%
|
| 5 | Took action to start agricultural activity | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Upgrading skills | 55 |
1%
|
| 7 | Searched internet | 130 |
2.3%
|
| 8 | Searched newspaper adverts | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Searched employment services | 6 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | Looked for land, building, equipment | 1 |
0%
|
| 11 | Registered at an employment centre | 1 |
0%
|
| 12 | Took a test or interview | 6 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Waited on the street to be recruited for casual work | 126 |
2.2%
|
| 14 | Sought financial assistance to look for work or start a busi | 382 |
6.6%
|
| 15 | Applied for a permit or licence to start a business | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | Placed/answered job advertisement(s) | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | Other (specify) | 3 |
0.1%
|
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.