Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2013-2014, Wave 2

Ghana, 2010 - 2013

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gha-isser-gseps-2013-2014-v1

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Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research,

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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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Nov 15, 2021

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Survey ID number

gha-isser-gseps-2013-2014-v1

Title

Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2013-2014

Subtitle

Wave 2

Country

Name	Country code
Ghana	gha

Study type

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]

Abstract

The Ghana Socioeconomic panel household survey is a joint effort between the Economic Growth Center at Yale University and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at Legon (Accra, 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 project, 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.

The data from the second wave of the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey covered a sample of 4,774 households containing 16,356 household members. The second wave was unique in the sense that it tracked movement of households as well as individual within a household. Thus increasing the number of households in the Panel Study due to the nature of the design; tracking wholly moved and split households. A total of 5484 households were selected for the survey comprising of 5009 households from the baseline survey and 475 households from split of households created of which 4774 households were successfully interviewed.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data

Unit of Analysis

Households and individuals

Version

Version Description

Version 1

Version Date

2018-05-08

Scope

Notes

The Household Questionnaire Part A collected on household members, including information on Non-resident Relatives and Spouses.

The Household Questionnaire Part B collected the following data:

Household assets – Farm assets and financial assets
Agricultural production - plot, land tenure, inputs, labor, harvest, crop stores and sales,
Non-farm Household Enterprises-types, assets and finance, labor, revenue and expenses,
Household health - Insurance, Anthropometry, Immunization, Activities of Daily Living,
Miscellaneous Health, Health in the Past 2 Weeks, Health in Last 12 Month,
Women’s health - fertility and power relations,
Men’s health – reproductive health and power relations,
Children’s module-health, Digit Span test, Raven’s Pattern Cognitive Assessment,
Psychology and Social Networking – psychology, personality questions, social networking and information seeking,
Household Consumption and Expenditure and
Housing characteristics

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey provides regionally representative data for the 10 regions of Ghana.

Geographic Unit

The data is at the leve of district and community

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Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research	University of Ghana

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Economic Growth Center	Yae University	Survey Design

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Economic Growth Center	Funder

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The Household Questionnaire for the survey was in two parts, A and B. Questionnaire Part A collected data on household members and Questionnaire Part B collected data on the household and dwelling.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2013	2010	Wave 2

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research	University of Ghana

Data Collection Notes

A 4 weeks (25 days) training for field enumerators was held at Diocesan Pastoral and Training Centre, Koforidua from 19th of January to 12th February 2013 to prepare for the data collection. In all 85 candidates were recruited for the training. This is made up of 20 Supervisors and 65
Interviewers. Recruitment was done with careful consideration for language proficiency and diversity. Consideration was also given to experience in the conduct of household surveys and especially participation in previous ISSER surveys as well as knowledge in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Eighteen teams were involved in the data collection. Each of the teams was made up of a Supervisor, and three Primary Interviewers. The Supervisor is responsible for conducting the community survey and collection of GPS data points of facilities and structures of various
institutions. The Primary Interviewers conduct daily interviews with the household. The questionnaire was administered through CAPI technique. Each household was visited four times to complete an interview and each visit was expected to last a maximum of two hours. At the end of every interview encounter, until the last visit, the respondent is made to understand that there will be another visit to the household. This enabled the respondent to agree to an appointment with the interviewer.

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Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
Ghana ACEIR Hub, ISSER	University of Ghana		joanakwawu@gmail.com

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Public access data, available to all

Citation requirements

Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research. Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2013-2014, Wave 2 [dataset]. Version 1. Accra: ISSER [producer], 2018. Accra: Ghana ACEIR Hub [distributor], 2021.

Metadata production

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research	University of Ghana	Metadata Creator

Date of Metadata Production

2021-11-10

Metadata version

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