Living Standards Survey IV 1998-1999 - World Bank SHIP Harmonized Dataset

Ghana, 1998 - 1999

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Reference ID

GHA_1998_GLSS_v01_M_v01_A_SHIP

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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

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Oct 30, 2012

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Laborforce screening last 7 days (WORKED_7)

Data file: GHA_1998_L

Overview

Valid: 12048

Invalid: 14363

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 111

End: 112

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	2695	22.4%
1	Yes	9353	77.6%
99	Question not in survey	0	0%
Sysmiss		14363

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

Use 7 day employment section only.

Code as 1 (YES), if the individual performed an economic activity for cash or for in-kind payment or for barter or for self-consumption for any length of time during last 7 days, otherwise code as 0 (NO).

Code as 0 (No), if a person has a job but was absent for last 7 days or more.

Do not re-code missing values.

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