{"doc_desc":{"title":"GHA GSS GLSS6 2003","idno":"DDI-GHA-GSS-GLSS6-2012-v1.0","producers":[{"name":"Ghana Statistical Service","abbreviation":"GSS","affiliation":"Government of Ghana","role":"Metadata creator"},{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata version 3"}],"prod_date":"2021-02-25","version_statement":{"version":"Version 2"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"gha-gss-glss6-2012-2013-v1.0","title":"Ghana Living Standards Survey 2012-2013","sub_title":"Round 6","alt_title":"GLSS6 2012-2013"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Ghana Statistical Service","affiliation":"Government of Ghana"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance "}],"copyright":"(c) 2014 Ghana Statistical Service","prod_date":"2014-09-08","funding_agencies":[{"name":"International Labour Organaisation","abbreviation":"ILO","role":"Funding"},{"name":"UK Department for International Development","abbreviation":"UK-DIFID","role":"Funding"},{"name":"United Nations Childrens Education Fund","abbreviation":"UNICEF","role":"Funding"},{"name":"United Nations Development Programme","abbreviation":"UNDP","role":"Funding"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Government Statistician","affiliation":"Government of Ghana","email":"gs@statsghana.gov.gh","uri":"http:\/\/www.statsghana.gov.gh"},{"name":"Data Service Unit","affiliation":"Government of Ghana","email":"info@statsghana.gov.gh","uri":"http:\/\/www.statsghana.gov.gh"}],"depositor":[{"name":"","abbreviation":"","affiliation":""}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Living Standards Measurement Study [hh\/lsms]","series_info":"Ghana Statistical Service. Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6, 2012 [dataset]. Version 1.0. Accra: GSS [producer and distributor], 2013."},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0","version_date":"2014-08-31"},"study_info":{"topics":[{"topic":"Education","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Environment","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Health","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"HIV\/AIDS","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Information & Communication Technologies","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Water","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Poverty","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Children & Youth","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Solid Waste Management","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Migration & Remittances","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""},{"topic":"Access to Finance","vocab":"World Bank","uri":""}],"abstract":"The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Six (GLSS6) like previous rounds focuses on the household as the key socio-economic unit and provides valuable information on the living conditions and well-being of households in Ghana. A nationally representative sample of 18,000 households in 1,200 enumeration areas was covered in the survey. Of this number, 16,772 were successfully enumerated leading to a response rate of 93.2 percent. Detailed information collected on Demographic characteristics of households, Education, Health, Employment, Migration and Tourism, Housing conditions, Household Agriculture, Household Expenditure, Income and their components and Access to Financial Services, Credit and Assets, Governance Peace and Security. \n\nThe main objectives of the sixth round of the Ghana living Standards Survey Round Six are to:\n. Provide information on the patterns of household consumption and expenditure at a lower level of disaggregation.\n. Serve as the basis for the construction of a new basket for the next re-basing of the Consumer Price Index.\n. Provide information for up-dating the country's National Accounts.\n. Provide information on household access to and use of financial services.\n. Estimate the number of persons in the labour force (Employed, Under-employed and Unemployed) and their distribution by sex, major age-groups,     educational level, disability status, geographical and rural\/ urban spread, as well as the ecological manifestations of these. \n. Estimate the number of child workers (or children in employment) aged 5-17 years, and its distribution by sex, major age-groups, educational status, geographical, ecological and rural\/urban spread","time_periods":[{"start":"2012-10-18","end":"2013-10-17","cycle":"7 years"}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2012-10-18","end":"2013-10-17","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Ghana","abbreviation":"GHA"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey is nationally representative","analysis_unit":"Households and individuals","universe":"The survey covered all household members","data_kind":"Sample survey data","notes":"The scope of the Ghana Living Standards Survey includes:\nIndividuals: Demographic characteristics like education, health, economic activty, migration and tourism of individuals in the household\nHouseholds: Housing characteristics, agricultural inputs, crop production, expenditure on food items consumed, assets, remmitances, savings and loans\nCommunity: Demographic characteristics of rural communities, economy and infrastructure, education, health and agriculture"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Ghana Statistical Service","abbreviation":"GSS","affiliation":"Government of Ghana"}],"sampling_deviation":"No deviation from the sample","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","research_instrument":"Six different questionnaires were used for the GLSS 6 survey: PART A, PART B, SECTION 10, COMMUNITY , PRICE  and GOVERNANCE PEACE AND SECURITY   questionnaires:\n\nHousehold questionnaire Part A includes:\n    Section 1: Household roster collecting information on age, sex, marital status, nationality, religion etc.\n    Section 2: Education- General education, Educational carreer, Literacy and Apprenticeship.\n    Section 3: Health - Health conditions, Preventive health, Immunisation, Post natal care, Fertility, Contraceptive use and HIV  awareness and  Health insurance.\n    Section 4: Employment and time use, activity status and characteristics of main and secondary jobs, underemployment, unemployment,    \n                    employment search and housekeeping activities for last 7days and 12 months.\n    Section 5: Migration, Domestic and Outbound tourism.\n    Section 6: Identification of household members for agriculture and Non farm enterprises.\n    Section 7: Housing characteristics (type of dwelling, utilities and housing expenses), Information technology.\n\nHousehold questionnaire Part B collected information on:\n    Section 8: Agricultural assets, Land, Livestock and Equipment, Farm details, Harvest and disposal of crops, Seasonality of sales and purchases of key \n                   staples, Other agricultural income in cash and kind, Processing of agricultural produce and Consumption of own produce.\n    Section 9: Household expenditure on food and non food, frequently purchased and less frequently purchased items, \n                   Availability of selected consumer items.\n                   \n  Household questionnaire Section 10 collected information on:\n                   Basic characteristics of non farm enterprises, Wage earnings, Employment, \n                   Revenue of enterprises, (closing stock, sales and exports), \n                   Wholesale and retail activities, Preparation of meals, Other revenue,\n                   Expenditure of enterprises and assets of enterprises. \n\n    Section 11: Income transfer and receipts by households, Income and miscellaneous income and expenditure, Migration and Remitances of returned       \n                  and current migrants , Improvement to dwelling\n    Section 12: Credit, assets, consumer goods and Savings.\n\nCommunity questionnaire:\n   Section 1: Demographic information of the community ( total population, ethnic groupings etc)\n   Section 2: Economy and infrastructure\n   Section 3: Education\n   Section 4: Health\n   Section 5: Agriculture\n\nPrice questionnaire:\nCollected data on prices and quantity of food and Non-food items.\n\nGovernance, peace and security questionnaire collected data on:\n  Part A: Theft, Robery and Burglary, \n  Part B: Sexual offences\n  Part C: Violence  and Security\n  Part D: Safety\n  Part E: Peace and Social Cohesion\n  Part F: Political Engagement\n  Part G: Governance- Effectiveness of Government agencies","weight":"Sample weights for the household data were computed as the inverse of the probability of selection of the household, computed at the EA level as weight in the data"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"A nationally representative sample of 18,000 households in 1,200 enumeration areas was covered in the survey. Of this number, 16,772 were successfully enumerated leading to a response rate of 93.2 percent","sampling_error_estimates":"Sampling errors were calculated for some key variables. Refer to the GLSS 6 Main Report Appendix 1 attached to external resources for sampling error estimates."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"Ghana Statistical Service","affiliation":"Government of Ghana","email":"info@statsghana.gov.gh","uri":"http:\/\/www.statsghana.gov.gh"}],"cit_req":"Ghana Statistical Service. Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6, 2012 [dataset]. Version 1.0. Accra: GSS [producer and distributor], 2013.","conditions":"Public use files, available to all"}}},"schematype":"survey"}