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

Ghana, 1998 - 1999

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GHA_1998_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_1998_L

Overview

Valid: 1553

Invalid: 24858

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 132

End: 132

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
1	Public, Government, Army	614	39.5%
2	State owned	53	3.4%
3	Private / NGO	886	57.1%
Sysmiss		24858

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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