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    Home / Central Data Catalog / GHA-GSS-GLSS 4-1998-V2.0 / variable [F56]
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Ghana Living Standard Survey 4 - 1998
With labour force model

Ghana, 1998 - 1999
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GHA-GSS-GLSS 4-1998-v2.0
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Demography
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Apr 06, 2009
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  • sec1-Household
    Roster
  • sec8c1-Harvest
    and Disposal of
    Crops (staple
    grains)
  • sec8c2-Harvest
    and Disposal of
    Crops (roots,
    vegetables)
  • sec8d-Seasonality
    of Sales and
    Purchases
  • sec8e-Other
    Agricultural
    Income
  • sec8f-Agricultural
    Costs and
    Expenses
  • sec8h-Consumption
    of Own Produce
  • sec9a-Non-food
    Expenses (Less
    frequently
    purchased
    items)
  • sec9b-Non Food
    Expenses
    (frequently
    purchased
    items)
  • Sec10a-Basic
    characteristics
    of non farm
    enterpriise
  • Sec10b-Expenditures
    -1st, 2nd and
    3rd enterprises
  • Sec10c1-Assets
    -1st, 2nd and
    3rd enterprises
  • Sec10c2-Revenue
    of the
    enterprise
  • Sec10e-Net
    income and
    revenue of the
    enterprise
  • Sec11a1-Transfer
    payment made by
    household
  • Sec11a2-Transfer
    payment made by
    household
  • Sec11b1-Income
    from transfers
  • Sec11b2-Income
    from transfers
  • Sec11c-
    Miscelleneous
    income
  • Sec11d-
    Miscelleneous
    outgoings
  • Sec12a1-Credits
  • Sec12a2-Credits
  • Sec12b-Assets
    and durable
    consumer goode
  • Sec12c-Savings
  • sec7-Housing
    Characteristics
  • sec2a- General
    Education
  • sec2b-Educational
    Career
  • sec2c-Literacy
    and
    Apprenticeship
  • sec3a-Health
    Conditions
  • sec3b-
    Preventive
    Health and
    Immunisation
  • sec3c-Postnatal
    Care
  • Sec3d-Prenatal
    care-contraceptive
    use
  • sec4a-Activity
    Status and
    Charcteristics
    of Main Job
  • Sec4b-Main
    occupation
  • Sec4c-Secondary
    occupation
  • sec4d-Underemployment
  • Sec4e-Fourth
    occupation
  • Sec4e-Employment
    search
  • Sec4g-Activity
    status in the
    past 2 weeks
  • Sec4g-Employment
    history
  • sec4i-Housekeeping
    Activities
  • sec5a-Migration

What done to find work (s4gq11)

Data file: Sec4g-Activity status in the past 2 weeks

Overview

Valid: 462
Valid (weighted): 263.554
Invalid: 11586
Invalid (weighted): 5568.109
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 6
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 2
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1561

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Applied to prospective employers 89 44
16.9%
2 Checked at farms, factories-work site 101 58
22%
3 Asked friends and relatives 183 122
46.5%
4 Took action to start business 82 35
13.4%
5 Took action to start agric activity 4 1
0.5%
6 Other 3 2
0.7%
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.
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