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Ghana Living Standards Survey 2:1988-1989
Second round

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GHA-GSS-GLSS2-2008-v2.0
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Dec 15, 2008
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  • Y01C-children
    residing
    elsewhere
  • Y00A-survey
    information
  • Y00B-survey
    results
  • Y00C-completing
    sections
  • Y01A-household
    roster
  • Y01B-parents of
    hh member
  • Y04-health
  • Y02A-type of
    dwelling
  • Y02B-housing
    expenses
  • Y03-education
  • Y08-characteristics
    of housing
  • Y05A-job search
  • Y05B-main job 7
    days
  • Y05C-secondary
    job 7 days
  • Y05D-additional
    employment
  • Y05E-main job
    12 months
  • Y05F-employment
    history
  • Y05G-secondary
    job 12 months
  • Y05H-other
    activities
  • Y06-migration
  • Y07-respondents
    for round 2
  • Y16B-anthropometrics
    2
  • Y09A-land
  • Y09B-crop
  • Y09C-tree crop
  • Y09D1A-farm
    inputs-seeds
  • Y09D1B-farm
    inputs-fertiliser
  • Y09D1C-farm
    inputs-organic
    manure
  • Y09D2A-farm
    inputs-insecticides
  • Y09D2B-farm
    inputs-transport
  • Y09D2C-farm
    inputs-sacks
  • Y09D3A-farm
    inputs-storage
  • Y09D3B-farm
    inputs-labor &
    other expense
  • Y09D4A- farm
    inputs-hh
    sharecrop
  • Y09D4B-farm
    inputs-other
    sharecrop
  • Y09D4C-farm
    inputs-hh
    consumption
  • Y09D5-farm
    inputs-agric
    agent
  • Y09E-sale of
    products
  • Y09F-livestock
  • Y09G-animal
    products
  • Y09H-contract
    for livestock
  • Y09I-livestock
    expenditure
  • Y09J-hand tools
  • Y09K-farming
    equipment
  • Y10A-nonfarm
    working
    condition
  • Y10B-nonfarm
    expenditure
  • Y10C-nonfarm
    revenue
  • Y10D-nonfarm
    assets
  • Y11A-daily
    expenses
  • Y11B-annual
    expenses
  • Y11C-durable
    goods
  • Y11D-remittances
  • Y12A-food
    expense
  • Y12B-consumption
    of own produce
  • Y13A1A-fertility
    history A
  • Y13A1B-fertility
    history B
  • Y13A2-fertility
    history C
  • Y13B-birth
    control
  • Y14A-income
    from remittance
  • Y14B-miscellaneous
    income
  • Y15A-money and
    goods lent
  • Y15B-loans
    contracted
  • Y15C-savings
  • Y16A-anthropometrics
    1
  • COMM-community
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Region (region)

Data file: Y01C-children residing elsewhere

Overview

Valid: 5278
Valid (weighted): 5424.657
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 10
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 125
End: 132
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 10
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V23

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Western 625 637
11.7%
2 Central 613 635
11.7%
3 Greater Accra 461 465
8.6%
4 Eastern 813 836
15.4%
5 Volta 715 746
13.7%
6 Ashanti 1004 1034
19.1%
7 Brong Ahafo 544 551
10.2%
8 Northern 169 181
3.3%
9 Upper West 103 115
2.1%
10 Upper East 231 224
4.1%
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.

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