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Living Standards Survey II 1988-1989

Ghana, 1988 - 1989
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GHA_1988_GLSS_v02_M
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Jun 15, 2015
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  • clhlth
  • clyr1yr2
  • comm
  • drug
  • expend
  • head
  • health
  • hhcomm
  • mschoola
  • mschoolb
  • mschoolc
  • panelc
  • price
  • pschoola
  • pschoolb
  • pschoolc
  • y00a
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  • y16a
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  • y17a
  • y17b
  • y17c
  • zscoreh

11bq1: code of household expens (hhexpcd)

Data file: y11b

Overview

Valid: 43031
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 115
Maximum: 145
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 2
Start: 28
End: 33
Width: 6
Range: 115 - 145
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
115 Shoes for adults (leather, plastic) 2745
6.4%
116 Children's shoes (leather, plastic) 1944
4.5%
117 Domestic or imported cloth (Kente, Adinkra, etc) 2016
4.7%
118 Material for adult clothing 1290
3%
119 Material for children's clothes 882
2%
120 Adult clothing (suits, dresses, pyjamas, underclothes, etc.) 2528
5.9%
121 Children's clothing (suits, shirts, etc.) 2070
4.8%
122 Repairs and other expenses for vehicles, other than gasoline 122
0.3%
123 Public transport, taxis, etc. 2869
6.7%
124 Home repairs, painting, insurance, etc. 610
1.4%
125 Books, notebokks, newspaper, stationery, etc. not for school 831
1.9%
126 Table-top stoves and coal-pots 447
1%
127 Medicines (modern and traditional) 2903
6.7%
128 Medical services, such as doctor or healer, and other expens 1945
4.5%
129 Kitchen equipment (cups, cutlery, plates, saucepans, etc. 1676
3.9%
130 Lanterns and lamps 1200
2.8%
131 Furniture (beds, tables, cupboards, chairs, rugs, etc.) 491
1.1%
132 Linen (sheets, towels, blankets, etc.) 1966
4.6%
133 Envelopes, writing paper, stamps, telephone, telegraph 768
1.8%
134 Hairderssing, hair cut, etc. 1783
4.1%
135 Domestic servants (maids, houseboys, cooks, etc.) 20
0%
136 Jewellery, watches, etc. 1868
4.3%
137 Entertainment (cinema, sports, records, tapes, toys, etc.) 623
1.4%
138 Taxes 2316
5.4%
139 Reimbursment of loans and interest to banks and other lender 293
0.7%
140 Susu (informal rotating fund) 421
1%
141 Weddings and dowries 359
0.8%
142 Funerals 2525
5.9%
143 Gifts 2161
5%
144 Other expenses (Specify..........) 534
1.2%
145 Household member lost money during past 12 months? 825
1.9%
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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