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Living Standards Survey IV 1998-1999

Ghana, 1998 - 1999
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GHA_1998_GLSS_v02_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Data file: POV_GH

Cases: 5998
Variables: 45

Variables

clust
Cluster id
nh
Household id
decile
Decile
quintile
Quintile
pid
Economic Head id
seg
Socio-economic group
sexecohd
Sex - Economic Head
ageecohd
Age - Economic Head
sexhead
Sex - Head
agehead
Age - Head
totemp
Income from employment
agri1c
HH agro income(1)-corrected
nfsey2
Gross non-farm self-employment income(2)
imprt
Actual and imputed rental income
remitinc
Income from remittances
otherinc
Other income
expfoodc
Food expenditure (actual)-corrected
housexp
Expenditure on housing
othexpc
Other expenditure (actual)-corrected
impfoodc
Imputed food exp.-corrected
impnfexp
Other expenditure (imputed)
expremit
Expenditure on remittances
hhsize
Household size
eqsc
Equivalence scale - Ghana
region
Administrative region
income
Total nominal income
incomec
Total nominal income-corrected
expend
Total nominal expenditure
expendc
Total nominal expenditure-corrected
fexpend
Total nominal food expenditure
fexpendc
Total nominal food expenditure-corrected
month
Month of the interview
year
Year of the interview
loc5
Locality (5)
ez
Ecological Zone
loc2
Locality (2)
loc3
Locality (3)
loc7
Locality (7)
povpi
Price index - Accra Jan99=1
povfpi
Food Price index - Accra Jan99=1
weight
Sample weight for GLSS4, =1 for GLSS3
welfare
Welfare Index (=expendc/(povpi*eqsc))
pl7
Lower Poverty Line (700,000)
pl9
Higher Poverty Line (900,000)
pstatus
Poverty Status
Total: 45
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