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Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (With a Labour Force Module) 2012-2013
Round Six

Ghana, 2012 - 2013
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Less frequently purchased item (lfreqcd)

Data file: sec9a

Overview

Valid: 3765
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 18
End: 20
Width: 3
Range: 1 - 251
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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