Ghana Living Standard Survey 5: 2005
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GHA-GSS-GLSS-2005-v2.0

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Less frequently purchased item (lfreqcd)

Data file: sec9a-Non-food Expenses (Less frequently purchased items)

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Valid: 74933

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 250

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 250

Format: Numeric

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Less frequently purchased items code

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Cloths: local (super and ordinary	299	0.4%
2	Imported (West Africa)	300	0.4%
3	Imported (Europe)	300	0.4%
4	Imported (elsewhere)	300	0.4%
5	Kente Men	300	0.4%
6	Kente women	300	0.4%
7	Clothing materials for men	300	0.4%
8	Clothing materials for women	300	0.4%
9	Clothing materials for children	300	0.4%
10	Other clothing materials	300	0.4%
11	Suit	300	0.4%
12	Smock	298	0.4%
13	Ready made clothing for women	299	0.4%
14	Ready made clothing for children	299	0.4%
15	Trousers	299	0.4%
16	Shirts	299	0.4%
17	Shorts	300	0.4%
18	Sports shirt	300	0.4%
19	Jeans (women)	300	0.4%
20	Jeans (men)	300	0.4%
21	Underwear women	300	0.4%
22	Underwear men	300	0.4%
23	Underwear children	299	0.4%
24	Uniform excluding school uniform	300	0.4%
25	Other garments	300	0.4%
26	Handkerchief (women)	300	0.4%
27	Handkerchief (men)	300	0.4%
28	Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories	300	0.4%
29	Women clothing	300	0.4%
30	Men clothing	300	0.4%
31	Children clothing	300	0.4%
32	Other tailoring charges	300	0.4%
33	Laundry charges	300	0.4%
34	Second hand clothing men	300	0.4%
35	Women	300	0.4%
36	Children	300	0.4%
37	Footwear Men	300	0.4%
38	Women	300	0.4%
39	Children	300	0.4%
40	Repairs to women footwear	300	0.4%
41	Men footwear	300	0.4%
42	Children footwear	299	0.4%
43	Shoe shine service charges	300	0.4%
44	Second hand footwear Men	300	0.4%
45	Women	300	0.4%
46	Children	300	0.4%
47	Payment for rent	300	0.4%
48	Owner occuppy housing rent (estimate)	300	0.4%
49	Cement(minor repairs)	299	0.4%
50	Iron rods and roofing sheets	300	0.4%
51	Bricks and cement blocks	300	0.4%
52	Paints including quicklime	299	0.4%
53	Wood,doors and windows	300	0.4%
54	Other materials	300	0.4%
55	Labour	300	0.4%
56	Other minor repairs to the dwelling	300	0.4%
57	Maintenance such as (plumbing,electricals,&carpentary servic	300	0.4%
58	Sewage removal	300	0.4%
59	Water(pipe-borne,metered)	300	0.4%
60	Water(pipe-borne,tanker ser vices)	300	0.4%
61	Other water	300	0.4%
62	Lawn boys/gardeners	300	0.4%
63	Security guards	300	0.4%
64	Electricity	300	0.4%
65	Gas for household use	300	0.4%
66	Kerosene	299	0.4%
67	Other fuel and power	300	0.4%
68	Bedsteads	300	0.4%
69	Mattresses	300	0.4%
70	Room furniture	300	0.4%
71	Other furniture and furnishings itiems	299	0.4%
72	Floor mat (tiles)	300	0.4%
73	Linoleum	300	0.4%
74	Wollen carpets	300	0.4%
75	Repairs of tables and chairs	300	0.4%
76	Other repairs of furniture furnishing and floor coverings	300	0.4%
77	Bedsheets and blankets	300	0.4%
78	Towels	300	0.4%
79	Other household textile	298	0.4%
80	Refregerators and freezers	300	0.4%
81	Air conditioners and air coolers	300	0.4%
82	Gas cookers,stoves and coalpots	300	0.4%
83	Washing machines and driers	299	0.4%
84	Other major household appliances	299	0.4%
85	Electric irons	299	0.4%
86	Electric fans	299	0.4%
87	Blenders	300	0.4%
88	Lanterns,gas lights	300	0.4%
89	Other small electric household appliances	300	0.4%
90	Repairs to household appliances	300	0.4%
91	Cups and plates	300	0.4%
92	Dining pots/utensils	300	0.4%
93	Cutleries	300	0.4%
94	Aluminium cooking utensils (local)	300	0.4%
95	Imported	300	0.4%
96	Other cooking pots /utensils	300	0.4%
97	Buckets	299	0.4%
98	Other glassware,tableware and utensils	300	0.4%
99	Cutlasses	300	0.4%
100	shovels,rakes,wheelbarrows,etc.	300	0.4%
101	Motor driven lawn mower	300	0.4%
102	Water cans	299	0.4%
103	Water pumps	300	0.4%
104	Generators (household use)	300	0.4%
105	Other tools and equipment for ouse and garden	300	0.4%
106	Brooms	300	0.4%
107	Light bulbs	300	0.4%
108	Fluorescent bulbs	300	0.4%
109	Other lighting prooducts	300	0.4%
110	Torches	299	0.4%
111	Other small tools and miscellaneous accessories	300	0.4%
112	House boys/house maids	300	0.4%
113	House keepers/caretakers	299	0.4%
114	Baby sitters,day care attendants,nannies etc	299	0.4%
115	Others	299	0.4%
116	Therapeutic appliances & equiipment	300	0.4%
117	Corrective eye-glasses & contact lenses	300	0.4%
118	Doctors consulting fee:Public hospital	300	0.4%
119	Doctors consulting fee: Private hospital	300	0.4%
120	Dentist	300	0.4%
121	Traditional healer	300	0.4%
122	Cost of public dental services	300	0.4%
123	Cost of private dental services	300	0.4%
124	Laboratory test	300	0.4%
125	X-rays	300	0.4%
126	Services of midwives,nurses,etc	300	0.4%
127	Traditional birth attendant(TBA)services	300	0.4%
128	Operations in private hospitals	299	0.4%
129	Operations in public hospitals	300	0.4%
130	Physiotherapy/massaging	300	0.4%
131	Gyms and health clubs	300	0.4%
132	Other in-patients hospital services	299	0.4%
133	Purchase of new cars	299	0.4%
134	Purchase of second hand cars	300	0.4%
135	Purchase of new trucks	300	0.4%
136	Purchase of second hand trucks	299	0.4%
137	Purchase of new motor cycles	300	0.4%
138	Purchase of second- hand motor cycles	300	0.4%
139	Purchase of new bicycles	300	0.4%
140	Purchase of decond-hand bicycle	300	0.4%
141	Purchase of car tyre	300	0.4%
142	Purchase of other tyres	300	0.4%
143	Purchase of spark plugs batteries, oil filters etc	300	0.4%
144	Other purchase	300	0.4%
145	Engine oil	300	0.4%
146	Lubricants	300	0.4%
147	Wheel alignment	300	0.4%
148	Maintenance, repair and other service charges	300	0.4%
149	Drivers licence fees and other fees (road worthy)	300	0.4%
150	Telephones handset	299	0.4%
151	Mobile phones	300	0.4%
152	Telefax machines	300	0.4%
153	Repair of handset, mobile phones and fax machines	300	0.4%
154	Postal services	300	0.4%
155	Telephone, telegram and fax charges	300	0.4%
156	Other communication charges	300	0.4%
157	Radio, cassette/CD players	300	0.4%
158	VCR/VCD/DVD players	299	0.4%
159	Television sets	300	0.4%
160	Parabolic/satelite receivers	300	0.4%
161	Other video/audio equipment	299	0.4%
162	Video cameras and camcoders	299	0.4%
163	Still cameras	299	0.4%
164	Other photographic and cinematographic equipment and optical	299	0.4%
165	Personal computers and printers	299	0.4%
166	Calculators/organizers	298	0.4%
167	Other data processing equipment	299	0.4%
168	Recording audio and video cassettes	298	0.4%
169	Pen drives	299	0.4%
170	Diskettes and CD/DVD-Roms	299	0.4%
171	Other recording media for pictures and sound	300	0.4%
172	Repairs of audio visual equipment	300	0.4%
173	Repair of photographic and optical and data processing equi	300	0.4%
174	Musical instruments	299	0.4%
175	Other major durables for recreation and culture	300	0.4%
176	Repairs of durables for recreation and culture	300	0.4%
177	Game cards(chess,ludo,etc)	300	0.4%
178	Toys	300	0.4%
179	Football,volley ball,etc	300	0.4%
180	Video game equipment and softwares	300	0.4%
181	Other equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation	300	0.4%
182	Natural and artificial flowers and plants & their pots	300	0.4%
183	Fertilizers for gardening	300	0.4%
184	Compost for gardening	300	0.4%
185	Pets	300	0.4%
186	Pets food	300	0.4%
187	Veterinary services and charges	300	0.4%
188	Cost of veterinary products	299	0.4%
189	Horse racing	299	0.4%
190	Fitness centres(use of)	300	0.4%
191	Sports stadium (watching football & others)	300	0.4%
192	Fair and amusement parks(Trade fairs,children fairs)	300	0.4%
193	Cinemas (visiting)	300	0.4%
194	Video houses & hiring of video cassettes	300	0.4%
195	Tv license fees	300	0.4%
196	Payment for services of private Tvs (M-net and Others)	300	0.4%
197	Beaches	300	0.4%
198	National parks and zoos & botanical gardens	300	0.4%
199	Cultural festivals(donations) (Hommowo Odwira, etc)	299	0.4%
200	Concert and music attendance	300	0.4%
201	Funeral ,other expenses	298	0.4%
202	Calanders	300	0.4%
203	Post cards and greeting cards	300	0.4%
204	Others	300	0.4%
205	Writing pads & envelopes,pens,pencils,erasers	300	0.4%
206	Office glue and adhesives,staplers and staples,paper clips a	300	0.4%
207	Excercise books mathematical sets,etc	300	0.4%
208	School uniforms & sports clothes	299	0.4%
209	Other stationery and drawing materials	300	0.4%
210	Excursions local	300	0.4%
211	Pilgrimages local	300	0.4%
212	Excursions & pilgrimages (abroad)	300	0.4%
213	Other packaged holidays	300	0.4%
214	Pre-school (public)excl.transport,health & stationery expens	300	0.4%
215	Pre-school(private)excl.transport,health and stationery expe	300	0.4%
216	Primary (public) excl.transport,health & stationery expenses	300	0.4%
217	Primary (private) excl.transport,health & stationery expense	300	0.4%
218	Secondary education (Public)	300	0.4%
219	Post-secondary,technical & vocational (public)	300	0.4%
220	Post-secondary,technical & vocational (Private)	299	0.4%
221	University and other tertiary education (private)	298	0.4%
222	University and other Tertiary education (Private)	297	0.4%
223	Seamstress,fitting,plumbing,hairdressing,etc	298	0.4%
224	Other education and training services	299	0.4%
225	Expenditure on hotels accomodation	299	0.4%
226	Expenditure on school,colleges & universities accomodation	299	0.4%
227	Expenditure on hospital accomodation	299	0.4%
228	Other cost of accomodation incurred	299	0.4%
229	Repairs of jewellery,clocks and watches	299	0.4%
230	Umbrellas	300	0.4%
231	Travelling bags and suitcases	300	0.4%
232	Combs,shavers,etc	300	0.4%
233	Other personal effects	300	0.4%
234	Money transfer (to parents/guardians/children)	300	0.4%
235	Gifts and tips	300	0.4%
236	Payments in churches and social clubs	300	0.4%
237	Other payments on social protection services	299	0.4%
238	Premiums for life assurance, etc.	300	0.4%
239	Premiums for motor vehicle insurance	300	0.4%
240	Premiums for health insurance	300	0.4%
241	Other insurance	300	0.4%
242	Money withdrawal charges	300	0.4%
243	Loans expenses	300	0.4%
244	Brokerage charges	299	0.4%
245	Charges for money orders/bankers draft/charges for bank sevi	300	0.4%
246	legal fees/consultancy fees	300	0.4%
247	Agents fees (house agents)	300	0.4%
248	Photocopies,birth/death/marriage certificate charges	300	0.4%
249	Other services	299	0.4%
250	Cost of travel by air	300	0.4%

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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