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Ghana Time Use Survey 2009

Ghana, 2009
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  • GTUS 2009
    Merged Hh
    Characteristics
    & Individual
    Diary (Addis)
  • GTUS 2009
    Merged
    Household &
    Individual
    Characteristics
    (Addis)
  • GTUS 2009
    Merged
    Individual
    Background &
    Diary
  • GTUS 2009
    Merged
    Individual
    Characteristics
    & Diary (Addis)

main occupation (B18)

Data file: GTUS 2009 Merged Individual Characteristics & Diary (Addis)

Overview

Valid: 224672
Invalid: 105470
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 4
Range: 111 - 9629
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
What was [NAME's] main occupation
Categories
Value Category Cases
111 290
0.1%
114 176
0.1%
211 840
0.4%
213 Life science professionals 0
0%
310 45
0%
1111 Members of parliament 38
0%
1112 Senior government officials (Ministers, MCEs, DCEs) 40
0%
1113 Traditional chiefs and heads of village 0
0%
1114 Senior officials of special-interest organizations 177
0.1%
1120 31
0%
1121 Managing directors and chief executives (GMs, MDs, CEOs etc. 44
0%
1211 Finance managers 65
0%
1212 Human resource managers /Administration managers 138
0.1%
1213 Policy and planning managers 29
0%
1219 Business services and administration managers not elsewhere 32
0%
1221 Sales and marketing managers 187
0.1%
1222 Advertising and public relations managers 0
0%
1223 Research and development managers 75
0%
1311 Agricultural and forestry production managers 100
0%
1312 Aquaculture and fisheries production managers 0
0%
1321 Manufacturing/Production managers 184
0.1%
1322 Mining managers 0
0%
1323 Construction managers 82
0%
1324 Supply, distribution and related managers 34
0%
1331 Information and communications technology service managers 35
0%
1341 Child care services managers 0
0%
1342 Health services managers 30
0%
1343 Aged care services managers 0
0%
1344 Social welfare managers 37
0%
1345 Education managers 228
0.1%
1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers 0
0%
1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified 0
0%
1411 Hotel managers 70
0%
1412 Restaurant managers 111
0%
1421 Retail and wholesale trade managers 104
0%
1431 Sports, recreation and cultural centre managers 53
0%
1439 Services managers not elsewhere classified 68
0%
2111 Physicists and astronomers 0
0%
2112 Meteorologists 0
0%
2113 Chemists 0
0%
2114 Geologists and geophysicists 0
0%
2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians 0
0%
2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals 39
0%
2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers 0
0%
2133 Environmental protection professionals 31
0%
2141 Industrial and production engineers 0
0%
2142 Civil engineers 76
0%
2143 Environmental engineers 0
0%
2144 Mechanical engineers 0
0%
2145 Chemical engineers 0
0%
2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals 30
0%
2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified 0
0%
2151 Electrical engineers 66
0%
2152 Electronics engineers 0
0%
2153 Telecommunications engineers 80
0%
2161 Building architects 36
0%
2162 Landscape architects 85
0%
2163 Product and garment designers 0
0%
2164 Town and traffic planners 30
0%
2165 Cartographers and surveyors 0
0%
2166 Graphic and multimedia designers 76
0%
2211 Generalist medical practitioners 34
0%
2212 Specialist medical practitioners 0
0%
2221 Nursing professionals 518
0.2%
2222 Midwifery professionals 167
0.1%
2230 Traditional and complementary medicine professionals 110
0%
2240 Paramedical practitioners 98
0%
2250 Veterinarians 0
0%
2261 Dentists 0
0%
2262 Pharmacists 109
0%
2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene profession 37
0%
2264 Physiotherapists 0
0%
2265 Dieticians and nutritionists 98
0%
2266 Audiologists and speech therapists 0
0%
2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians 0
0%
2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified 133
0.1%
2310 University and higher education teachers 219
0.1%
2320 Vocational education teachers 71
0%
2330 Secondary education teachers 1982
0.9%
2341 Primary school teachers 4558
2%
2342 Early childhood educators 588
0.3%
2351 Education methods specialists 0
0%
2352 Special needs teachers 0
0%
2353 Other language teachers 81
0%
2354 Other music teachers 0
0%
2355 Other arts teachers 0
0%
2356 Information technology trainers 0
0%
2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 211
0.1%
2411 Accountants 403
0.2%
2412 Financial and investment advisers 137
0.1%
2413 Financial analysts 62
0%
2421 Management and organization analysts 0
0%
2422 Policy administration professionals 36
0%
2423 Personnel and careers professionals 72
0%
2424 Training and staff development professionals 0
0%
2431 Advertising and marketing professionals 47
0%
2432 Public relations professionals 108
0%
2433 Technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ICT) 0
0%
2434 Information and communications technology sales professional 0
0%
2511 Systems analysts 0
0%
2512 Software developers 0
0%
2513 Web and multimedia developers 34
0%
2514 Applications programmers 0
0%
2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewh 34
0%
2521 Database designers and administrators 0
0%
2522 Systems administrators 0
0%
2523 Computer network professionals 73
0%
2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified 35
0%
2611 Lawyers 0
0%
2612 Judges 0
0%
2619 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 0
0%
2621 Archivists and curators 0
0%
2622 Librarians and related information professionals 0
0%
2631 Economists 44
0%
2632 Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals 0
0%
2633 Philosophers, historians and political scientists 0
0%
2634 Psychologists 0
0%
2635 Social work and counselling professionals 42
0%
2636 Religious professionals 392
0.2%
2641 Authors and related writers 0
0%
2642 Journalists 0
0%
2643 Translators, interpreters and other linguists 0
0%
2651 Visual artists 0
0%
2652 Musicians, singers and composers 0
0%
2653 Dancers and choreographers 0
0%
2654 Film, stage and related directors and producers 0
0%
2655 Actors 0
0%
2656 Announcers on radio, television and other media 32
0%
2659 Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified 96
0%
3111 Chemical and physical science technicians 0
0%
3112 Civil engineering technicians 0
0%
3113 Electrical engineering technicians 170
0.1%
3114 Electronics engineering technicians 0
0%
3115 Mechanical engineering technicians 38
0%
3116 Chemical engineering technicians 0
0%
3117 Mining and metallurgical technicians 0
0%
3118 Draughtspersons 67
0%
3119 Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere c 0
0%
3121 Mining supervisors 31
0%
3122 Manufacturing supervisors 168
0.1%
3123 Construction supervisors 115
0.1%
3131 Power production plant operators 0
0%
3132 Incinerator and water treatment plant operators 0
0%
3133 Chemical processing plant controllers 0
0%
3134 Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators 0
0%
3135 Metal production process controllers 0
0%
3139 Process control technicians not elsewhere classified 0
0%
3141 Life science technicians (excluding medical) 63
0%
3142 Agricultural technicians 71
0%
3143 Forestry technicians 0
0%
3151 Ships' engineers 0
0%
3152 Ships' deck officers and pilots 0
0%
3153 Aircraft pilots and related associate professionals 0
0%
3154 Air traffic controllers 0
0%
3155 Air traffic safety electronics technicians 38
0%
3211 Medical imaging and therapeutic equipment technicians 0
0%
3212 Medical and pathology laboratory technicians 40
0%
3213 Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants 107
0%
3214 Medical and dental prosthetic technicians 0
0%
3221 Nursing associate professionals 259
0.1%
3222 Midwifery associate professionals 57
0%
3230 Traditional and complementary medicine associate professiona 136
0.1%
3240 Veterinary technicians and assistants 0
0%
3251 Dental assistants and therapists 0
0%
3252 Medical records and health information technicians 0
0%
3253 Community health workers 115
0.1%
3254 Dispensing opticians 0
0%
3255 Physiotherapy technicians and assistants 0
0%
3256 Medical assistants 68
0%
3257 Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associa 68
0%
3258 Ambulance workers 0
0%
3259 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified 208
0.1%
3311 Securities and finance dealers and brokers 0
0%
3312 Credit and loans officers 42
0%
3313 Accounting associate professionals 31
0%
3314 Statistical, mathematical and related associate professional 0
0%
3315 Valuers and loss assessors 0
0%
3321 Insurance representatives 0
0%
3322 Commercial sales representatives 0
0%
3323 Buyers 270
0.1%
3324 Trade brokers 0
0%
3331 Clearing and forwarding agents 32
0%
3332 Conference and event planners 0
0%
3333 Employment agents and contractors 0
0%
3334 Real estate agents and property managers 61
0%
3339 Business services agents not elsewhere classified 73
0%
3341 Office supervisors 72
0%
3342 Legal secretaries 70
0%
3343 Administrative and executive secretaries 79
0%
3344 Medical secretaries 0
0%
3351 Customs and border inspectors 0
0%
3352 Government tax and excise officials 74
0%
3353 Government social benefits officials 0
0%
3354 Government licensing officials 0
0%
3355 Police inspectors and detectives 106
0%
3359 Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere 0
0%
3411 Legal and related associate professionals 0
0%
3412 Social work associate professionals 63
0%
3413 Religious associate professionals 187
0.1%
3421 Athletes and sports players 74
0%
3422 Sports coaches, instructors and officials 0
0%
3423 Fitness and recreation instructors and program leaders 0
0%
3431 Photographers 31
0%
3432 Interior designers and decorators 33
0%
3433 Gallery, museum and library technicians 0
0%
3434 Chefs 0
0%
3435 Other artistic and cultural associate professionals 0
0%
3511 Information and communications technology operations technic 32
0%
3512 Information and communications technology user support techn 103
0%
3513 Computer network and systems technicians 157
0.1%
3514 Web technicians 0
0%
3521 Broadcasting and audio-visual technicians 0
0%
3522 Telecommunications engineering technicians 31
0%
4110 General office clerks 686
0.3%
4120 Secretaries (general) 311
0.1%
4131 Typists and word processing operators 224
0.1%
4132 Data entry clerks 41
0%
4211 Bank tellers and related clerks 141
0.1%
4212 Bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers 0
0%
4213 Pawnbrokers and money-lenders 0
0%
4214 Debt-collectors and related workers 106
0%
4221 Travel consultants and clerks 0
0%
4222 Contact centre information clerks 0
0%
4223 Telephone switchboard operators 0
0%
4224 Hotel receptionists 0
0%
4225 Enquiry clerks 0
0%
4226 Receptionists (general) 30
0%
4227 Survey and market research interviewers 28
0%
4229 Client information workers not elsewhere classified 42
0%
4311 Accounting and bookkeeping clerks 159
0.1%
4312 Statistical, finance and insurance clerks 32
0%
4313 Payroll clerks 111
0%
4321 Stock clerks 383
0.2%
4322 Production clerks 0
0%
4323 Transport clerks 58
0%
4411 Library clerks 37
0%
4412 Mail carriers and sorting clerks 34
0%
4413 Coding, proof-reading and related clerks 0
0%
4414 Scribes and related workers 35
0%
4415 Filing and copying clerks 0
0%
4416 Personnel clerks 37
0%
4419 Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified 146
0.1%
5111 Travel attendants and travel stewards 62
0%
5112 Transport conductors 253
0.1%
5113 Travel guides 0
0%
5120 Cooks 881
0.4%
5131 Waiters 167
0.1%
5132 Bartenders 795
0.4%
5141 Hairdressers 3439
1.5%
5142 Beauticians and related workers 478
0.2%
5151 Cleaning and housekeeping supervisors in offices, hotels and 101
0%
5152 Domestic housekeepers 33
0%
5153 Building caretakers 33
0%
5161 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers 0
0%
5162 Companions and valets 0
0%
5163 Undertakers and embalmers 36
0%
5164 Pet groomers and animal care workers 0
0%
5165 Driving instructors 0
0%
5169 Personal services workers not elsewhere classified 167
0.1%
5211 Stall and market salespersons 22054
9.8%
5212 Street food salespersons 9446
4.2%
5221 Shop keepers 3882
1.7%
5222 Shop supervisors 308
0.1%
5223 Shop sales assistants 1020
0.5%
5230 Cashiers and ticket clerks 84
0%
5241 Fashion and other models 30
0%
5242 Sales demonstrators 0
0%
5243 Door to door salespersons 1094
0.5%
5244 Contact centre salespersons 823
0.4%
5245 Service station attendants 179
0.1%
5246 Food service counter attendants 35
0%
5249 Sales workers not elsewhere classified 2008
0.9%
5311 Child care workers 0
0%
5312 Teachers' aides 0
0%
5321 Health care assistants 0
0%
5322 Home-based personal care workers 78
0%
5329 Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere class 0
0%
5411 Fire-fighters 128
0.1%
5412 Police officers 181
0.1%
5413 Prison guards 329
0.1%
5414 Security guards 575
0.3%
5419 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified 132
0.1%
6111 Field crop and vegetable growers 21930
9.8%
6112 Tree and shrub crop growers 16959
7.5%
6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers 109
0%
6114 Mixed crop growers 23865
10.6%
6121 Livestock and dairy producers 158
0.1%
6122 Poultry producers 54
0%
6123 Apiarists and sericulturists 0
0%
6129 Animal producers not elsewhere classified 0
0%
6130 Mixed crop and animal producers 5041
2.2%
6210 Forestry and related workers 471
0.2%
6221 Aquaculture workers 42
0%
6222 Inland and coastal waters fishery workers 896
0.4%
6223 Deep-sea fishery workers 386
0.2%
6224 Hunters and trappers 33
0%
6310 Subsistence crop farmers 42951
19.1%
6320 Subsistence livestock farmers 72
0%
6330 Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers 5245
2.3%
6340 Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers 623
0.3%
7111 House builders 1247
0.6%
7112 Bricklayers and related workers 521
0.2%
7113 Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers 103
0%
7114 Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers 425
0.2%
7115 Carpenters and joiners 1998
0.9%
7119 Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere clas 0
0%
7121 Roofers 93
0%
7122 Floor layers and tile setters 0
0%
7123 Plasterers 0
0%
7124 Insulation workers 0
0%
7125 Glaziers 0
0%
7126 Plumbers and pipe fitters 274
0.1%
7127 Air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics 0
0%
7131 Painters and related workers 270
0.1%
7132 Spray painters and varnishers 0
0%
7133 Building structure cleaners 0
0%
7211 Metal moulders and coremakers 112
0%
7212 Welders and flamecutters 504
0.2%
7213 Sheet-metal workers 40
0%
7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors 0
0%
7215 Riggers and cable splicers 0
0%
7221 Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers 544
0.2%
7222 Toolmakers and related workers 0
0%
7223 Metal working machine tool setters and operators 32
0%
7224 Metal polishers, wheel grinders and tool sharpeners 0
0%
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers 1153
0.5%
7232 Aircraft engine mechanics and repairers 0
0%
7233 Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairer 31
0%
7234 Bicycle and related repairers 114
0.1%
7311 Precision-instrument makers and repairers 88
0%
7312 Musical instrument makers and tuners 0
0%
7313 Jewellery and precious-metal workers 67
0%
7314 Potters and related workers 80
0%
7315 Glass makers, cutters, grinders and finishers 41
0%
7316 Sign writers, decorative painters, engravers and etchers 81
0%
7317 Handicraft workers in wood, basketry and related materials 701
0.3%
7318 Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials 561
0.2%
7319 Handicraft workers not elsewhere classified 132
0.1%
7321 Pre-press technicians 0
0%
7322 Printers 78
0%
7323 Print finishing and binding workers 0
0%
7411 Building and related electricians 281
0.1%
7412 Electrical mechanics and fitters 501
0.2%
7413 Electrical line installers and repairers 295
0.1%
7421 Electronics mechanics and servicers 489
0.2%
7422 Information and communications technology installers and ser 30
0%
7511 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers 3451
1.5%
7512 Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers 1184
0.5%
7513 Dairy-products makers 79
0%
7514 Fruit, vegetable and related preservers 766
0.3%
7515 Food and beverage tasters and graders 1620
0.7%
7516 Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers 0
0%
7521 Wood treaters 0
0%
7522 Cabinet-makers and related workers 40
0%
7523 Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators 92
0%
7531 Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters 5472
2.4%
7532 Garment and related pattern-makers and cutters 241
0.1%
7533 Sewing, embroidery and related workers 68
0%
7534 Upholsterers and related workers 30
0%
7535 Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers 0
0%
7536 Shoemakers and related workers 235
0.1%
7541 Underwater divers 0
0%
7542 Shotfirers and blasters 35
0%
7543 Product graders and testers (excluding foods and beverages) 0
0%
7544 Fumigators and other pest and weed controllers 0
0%
7549 Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified 33
0%
8111 Miners and quarriers 758
0.3%
8112 Mineral and stone processing plant operators 36
0%
8113 Well drillers and borers and related workers 0
0%
8114 Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators 0
0%
8121 Metal processing plant operators 0
0%
8122 Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators 36
0%
8131 Chemical products plant and machine operators 0
0%
8132 Photographic products machine operators 33
0%
8141 Rubber products machine operators 0
0%
8142 Plastic products machine operators 0
0%
8143 Paper products machine operators 0
0%
8151 Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators 0
0%
8152 Weaving and knitting machine operators 30
0%
8153 Sewing machine operators 0
0%
8154 Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators 0
0%
8155 Fur and leather preparing machine operators 0
0%
8156 Shoemaking and related machine operators 0
0%
8157 Laundry machine operators 0
0%
8159 Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not else 0
0%
8160 Food and related products machine operators 408
0.2%
8171 Pulp and papermaking plant operators 0
0%
8172 Wood processing plant operators 145
0.1%
8181 Glass and ceramics plant operator 0
0%
8183 Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators 61
0%
8189 Stationary plant and machine operators not elsewhere classif 0
0%
8211 Mechanical machinery assemblers 35
0%
8212 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 0
0%
8219 Assemblers not elsewhere classified 0
0%
8311 Locomotive engine drivers 63
0%
8312 Railway brake, signal and switch operators 0
0%
8321 Motorcycle drivers 87
0%
8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 2372
1.1%
8331 Bus and tram drivers 600
0.3%
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers 502
0.2%
8341 Mobile farm and forestry plant operators 0
0%
8342 Earthmoving and related plant operators 96
0%
8343 Crane, hoist and related plant operators 108
0%
8344 Lifting truck operators 0
0%
8350 Ships' deck crews and related workers 63
0%
9111 Domestic cleaners and helpers 202
0.1%
9112 Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishm 69
0%
9121 Hand launderers and pressers 34
0%
9122 Vehicle cleaners 0
0%
9123 Window cleaners 0
0%
9129 Other cleaning workers 86
0%
9211 Crop farm labourers 1020
0.5%
9212 Livestock farm labourers 60
0%
9213 Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers 0
0%
9214 Garden and horticultural labourers 74
0%
9215 Forestry labourers 34
0%
9216 Fishery and aquaculture labourers 0
0%
9311 Mining and quarrying labourers 513
0.2%
9312 Civil engineering labourers 0
0%
9313 Building construction labourers 179
0.1%
9321 Hand packers 77
0%
9329 Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified 153
0.1%
9331 Hand and pedal vehicle drivers 0
0%
9332 Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery 0
0%
9333 Freight handlers 37
0%
9334 Shelf fillers 0
0%
9411 Fast food preparers 131
0.1%
9412 Kitchen helpers 111
0%
9510 Street and related service workers 640
0.3%
9520 Street vendors (excluding food) 1390
0.6%
9611 Garbage and recycling collectors 86
0%
9612 Refuse sorters 0
0%
9613 Sweepers and related labourers 526
0.2%
9621 Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters 389
0.2%
9622 Odd job persons 225
0.1%
9623 Meter readers and vending-machine collectors 29
0%
9624 Water and firewood collectors 61
0%
9629 Elementary workers not elsewhere classified 581
0.3%
Sysmiss 105470
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.
Interviewer instructions
Interviewers are supposed to carry out the following tasks:
Ø Read all survey materials and understand the contents.
Ø Ensure that all fieldwork materials are brought to field for interviews.
Ø Visit each of the selected households: if you do not get a response at the first visit for any part of the questionnaire, visit the household at least three times at different times and try again. Report all failures to locate respondents to your supervisor. No substitution is allowed.
Ø Carefully complete all relevant parts of the cover page of the questionnaire for each visit.
Ø At the first visit, complete the household part of the questionnaire with the head of household or another knowledgeable adult.
Ø Use the information from the household questionnaire to identify all members aged 7 years and above.
Ø Administer the time use diaries immediately if any of these members are present at the household. If any are absent, ask what will be the best time to find them. Go back at that time to complete the diaries.
Ø Check all the completed questionnaires the same evening after the interview. Write notes about any difficulties you may have had with administering the questionnaires on the back of the questionnaires.
Ø Submit all completed questionnaires to your field supervisor.
Ø Ensure that all questionnaires and other survey materials are kept safe and confidential at all times.

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