Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998

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Reference ID

GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Earnings for work (C_WKINCOME)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 457

End: 464

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

721. How much do you usually earn for this work?
PROBE: Is this by the day, by the week, or by the month?

PER HOUR 1_____
PER DAY 2 _____
PER WEEK 3_____
PER MONTH 4_____
PER YEAR 5_____
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ 9999996

Value	Category
99999997	Don't know
99999998	Missing
99999999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For respondents who reported earning cash for their work, WKINCOME (V736) is an 8-digit numeric variable that reports the usual amount the respondent earns in cash.

The first digit gives the units in which the amount was specified, while the remaining 7 digits give the total amount. The first digit, or units digit, is coded as follows:

1 indicates earnings per hour
2 indicates earnings per day
3 indicates earnings per week
4 indicates earnings per month
5 indicates earnings per year

For example, 30000400 would indicate that the respondent received 400 per week. The currency and units of currency used are both country-specific.

The values reported in WKINCOME are used to create two other variables with standard time units:

WKINCOMEDAY

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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