Afrobarometer Survey 2002, Round 2
Ghana, 2002
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Q5b. Second meaning of "poor" (q5b)
Data file: gha_r2_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
996
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
104
End:
106
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 996
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
5. In your opinion, what does it mean to be “poor”?
B. Second meaning of “poor”
B. Second meaning of “poor”
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing data | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Lack of food | 170 |
14.2%
|
| 2 | Lack of shelter | 121 |
10.1%
|
| 3 | Lack of clothing | 112 |
9.3%
|
| 4 | Lack of money | 166 |
13.8%
|
| 5 | Low living standards | 45 |
3.8%
|
| 6 | Lack of social amenities | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | Lack of education/knowledge | 23 |
1.9%
|
| 8 | Lack of employment/job | 130 |
10.8%
|
| 9 | Low levels of health | 96 |
8%
|
| 10 | Powerlessness | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Living in substandard neighborhood | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 12 | Any life-threatening situation | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | No child/spouse/unable to marry a wife | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 14 | Comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Lack of entertainment (newspaper,TV,Radio,Video) | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | Psychological status/mental health | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | Lack of agricultural inputs (land/fertilizers/seeds) | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 19 | Race (associates black with poverty) | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | Laziness/person who won't work | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 21 | Lack of family/social support network | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 22 | Inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities | 48 |
4%
|
| 23 | Beggar/destitute | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Unreligious | 0 |
0%
|
| 25 | A farmer | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | Poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 27 | No water | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 28 | No electricity | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | No cattle or livestock | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 30 | No land | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 31 | No vehicle/car | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 32 | In debt | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 33 | To have too many children to support | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 34 | To be a single parent | 0 |
0%
|
| 35 | To be old/a pensioner | 0 |
0%
|
| 36 | To depend on or revert to crime | 0 |
0%
|
| 37 | To only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 38 | To depend on domestic work/manual labor | 0 |
0%
|
| 39 | To have to rely on others for help | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 40 | Low social status/no community standing | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 41 | Street children/living on the street | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | To be an alcoholic or drug addict | 0 |
0%
|
| 43 | Unable to contribute to the country | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 50 | Lack of everything/not having anything | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 51 | Handicapped | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 52 | Racism/Suffering from discrimination | 0 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 996 | No further answer | 119 |
9.9%
|
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.