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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
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • 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 http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    working conditions [3.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    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

    Survey instrument

    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.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1992 1995

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za info@data1st.org
    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.

    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.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

    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

    Metadata version

    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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