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Comparative Firm Level Data 1992-1995

Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 1992 - 1995
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Reference ID
AFR_1992-1995_CFLD_v01_M
Producer(s)
Centre for the Study of African Economies
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
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Jan 09, 2013
Last modified
Apr 27, 2021
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Identification

Survey ID Number
AFR_1992-1995_CFLD_v01_M
Title
Comparative Firm Level Data 1992-1995
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Cameroon CMR
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
Zambia ZMB
Zimbabwe ZWE
Study type
Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en/oth]
Abstract
The survey was part of the survey work of the Regional Programme on Enterprise Development (RPED), organised by the World Bank and funded by the Swedish, French, Belgian, UK, Canadian and Dutch governments. The data is from the manufacturing sector of five African countries, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Units of analysis in the survey are enterprises in the selected countries

Scope

Notes
The dataset includes measures of both physical and human capital in the firms in the selected countries
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
employment [3.1] CESSDA Link
labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA Link
working conditions [3.6] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Universe
The universe of interest here is firms and their staff in the selected countries

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Centre for the Study of African Economies University of Oxford
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Role
Swedish government Funder
Government of the United Kingdom Funder
French government Funder
Belgian government Funder
Canadian government Funder
Dutch government Funder

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1992 1995
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire collected data at the level of the firm - called firm level data in the exposition that follows and also data at the worker level (individual level data). At the firm level data on the outputs, costs and the details of the labour force of the firm were collected. Within each firm up to 10 workers were then interviewed and information collected on their educational background, their training and earnings.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org Link
Access conditions
Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
Citation requirements
This data is made available by the Centre for the Study of African Economics at the University of Oxford. Permission for use of the data for academic research is given by the Centre and its collaborating and funding institutions. We would ask that the use of the data and its source be acknowledged.

Recommended citation:
Centre for the Study of African Economics. Comparative firm-level data for the manufacturing sector[dataset]. Version 1. Centre for the Study of African Economics, University of Oxford [producer], 1998. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org Link

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_AFR_1992-1995_CFLD_v02_M
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
Date of Metadata Production
2011
DDI Document version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/27/21)
This version is identical to DDI_AFR_1992-1995_CFLD_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.

Version 01: Adopted from "ddi-afr-cfld-1992-1995-v1" DDI that was done by metadata producer mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.
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