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Living Standards Survey V 2005-2006 - World Bank SHIP Harmonized Dataset

Ghana, 2005 - 2006
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GHA_2005_GLSS_v01_M_v01_A_SHIP
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Employment sector, Primary job (EMPSEC_1)

Data file: GHA_2005_L

Overview

Valid: 2921
Invalid: 34207
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 122
End: 122
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Public, Government, Army 854
29.2%
2 State owned 46
1.6%
3 Private / NGO 2021
69.2%
Sysmiss 34207
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.

Description

Definition
Code only for EMPTYPE_WB_1=1, 4, 5, 7, 9 (wage employees), otherwise code as missing.

Classifies the main job's sector of activity of any individual with a wage job.

Use information from all sections (12 months or 7 days) that ask this question.

First use information from the 12 month section. For all missing values and observations coded as 9, use the 7 day section.

Armed forces and international institutions are included in Public sector.

State owned includes para-statal firms and all other enterprises in which the government has control.

Note: if no such question leave as missing. This will mean that in the variable EMPCAT_2 wage jobs will not be further disaggregated. Do not code it on the basis of ISCO or ISIC codes.
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