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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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Reference ID
GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Woman's earnings (second Ghanaian cedi - GHC) (C_WKINCOMEGH)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 339
End: 343
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
714. In a typical day, week or month, how much do you earn for this work?

AMOUNT ____

PER HOUR 1
PER DAY 2
PER WEEK 3
PER MONTH 4
PER YEAR 5
Categories
Value Category
99998 Missing
99999 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
WKINCOMEGH is a 5-digit variable that reports the respondent's earnings in second Ghanaian cedis (GHC), which were in circulation from 1967 through 2007. This variable is country-specific to Ghana.

The complementary variable WKINCOMEUNIT reports the reference period (per hour, day, week, month, or year) in which the respondent earns this income.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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