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Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2009, Wave 1

Ghana, 2009 - 2010
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gha-isser-gseps-2009-v1
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Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    gha-isser-gseps-2009-v1
    Title
    Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2009
    Subtitle
    Wave 1
    Country
    Name Country code
    Ghana gha
    Study type
    Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
    Abstract
    The Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey is a joint effort between the Economic Growth Center at Yale University (Wave 1 2009), the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University (Wave 2 2013) and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana. The survey is meant to remedy a major constraint on the understanding of development in low-income countries - the absence of detailed, multi-level and long-term scientific data that follows individuals over time and describes both the natural and built environment in which the individuals reside. Most data collection efforts are short-term - carried out a one point in time; are limited in scope - collecting information on only a few aspects of the lives of the persons in the study; and when there are multiple rounds of data collection, individuals who leave the study area are dropped. This latter means that the most mobile people are not included in existing surveys and studies, perhaps substantially biasing inferences about who benefits from and who bears the cost of the development process. The goal of this survey, which aims to follow all individuals, or a random subset, over time using a comprehensive set of survey instruments is thus to shed new light on long-run processes of economic development.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1
    Version Date
    2010-08

    Scope

    Notes

    The data consists of the following:

    Demographic Characteristics, employment, education, and migration.
    Information on non resident relatives and spouses.
    Household assets-livestock, tools, durable goods and financial assets (borrowing, lending, out and in transfers and savings.
    Agricultural production-land information, crop sales and storage
    Non-farm Household Enterprises-types, assets and finance, labour, revenue and expenses.
    Household health and fertility- women's health, men's health and power relations for men and women
    A children's module-health, Digit Span test, Raven's Pattern Cognitive Assessment
    Housing and Housing Conditions Prices of Consumer Items.
    Psychology and Social Network-Kessler 10 Depression, time use, Big 5 Personality questions and information seeking
    Household Consumption and Expenditure
    Housing characteristics

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The data from the baseline Ghana Socio-Economic Panel Survey consists of a nationally representative sample of 5009 households in 334 enumeration areas (EAs) containing 18,889 household members.
    Geographic Unit
    The data is at the leve of district and community

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) University of Ghana
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Economic Growth Center Yale University Survey design
    Global Poverty Research Lab Northwestern University Survey design
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Economic Growth Center Funder
    Global Poverty Research Lab Funder

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    There are two questionnaires, Part A and Part B, which collected data on households and household members.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2009-11 2010-04 Wave 1
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research University of Ghana
    Data Collection Notes
    The main field work for the survey covered a 6-month period (November 2009 to April 2010) in order to ensure that enough household baseline information was gathered. Seventeen teams were involved in the data collection. Each of the teams was made up of a Supervisor, a Senior Interviewer, four Interviewers and a Driver. A number of supervisory teams from ISSER visited the field at regular intervals to enforce good quality control for field operations and also shaped the direction for the survey.

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Ghana ACEIR Hub, ISSER University of Ghana joanakwawu@gmail.com
    Access conditions
    Public access data, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research. Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2009, Wave 1 [dataset]. Version 1. Accra: ISSER [producer], 2010. Accra: Ghana ACEIR Hub [distributor], 2021.
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