Ghana Living Standards Survey 5+ 2008

Ghana, 2008

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GHA_2008_MCC-LSS_v01_M

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Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research

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Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

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Data file: sec7n1

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Valid: 32098

Invalid: 259773

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 14

End: 15

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 23

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	sale of livestock	2195	6.8%
2	sale of land	77	0.2%
3	sale of other property	517	1.6%
4	sent children to live with friends	89	0.3%
5	withdrew children from school	56	0.2%
6	engaged in additinal income activity	1785	5.6%
7	received assitance from friends/family	1739	5.4%
8	borrowed from friends/family	719	2.2%
9	took a loan from a financial institution	99	0.3%
10	members migrated for work	57	0.2%
11	credited purchases	631	2%
12	delayed payment obligations	417	1.3%
13	sold harvest harvest in advance	417	1.3%
14	reduced food consumption	2647	8.2%
15	reduced non food consumption	766	2.4%
16	relied on savings	2692	8.4%
17	received assistance from ngo	29	0.1%
18	received assistance from da	12	0%
19	took advanced payment from employer	27	0.1%
20	received assistance from central govt	25	0.1%
21	was covered by insurance policy	28	0.1%
22	did nothing	16825	52.4%
23	other	249	0.8%
Sysmiss		259773

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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