Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2018-2019, Wave 3
Ghana, 2018 - 2019
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GHA_2018_GSPS_v01_M
Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2018-2019
Wave 3
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ghana | GHA |
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
The Ghana Socioeconomic panel household survey is a joint effort between the Economic Growth Center at Yale University and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at Legon (Accra, Ghana). The survey is meant to remedy a major constraint on the understanding of development in low-income countries - the absence of detailed, multi-level and long-term scientific data that follows individuals over time and describes both the natural and built environment in which the individuals reside. Most data collection efforts are short-term - carried out a one point in time; are limited in scope - collecting information on only a few aspects of the lives of the persons in the study; and when there are multiple rounds of data collection, individuals who leave the study area are dropped. This latter means that the most mobile people are not included in existing surveys and studies, perhaps substantially biasing inferences about who benefits from and who bears the cost of the development process. The goal of this project, which aims to follow all individuals, or a random subset, over time using a comprehensive set of survey instruments is thus to shed new light on long-run processes of economic development.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households and individuals
Version
Version 01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
2021
Scope
The survey covered the following topics:
Household Information
- Household roster
- Testing: raven's pattern cognitive assessment, retrieval fluency task, math questions, nepsy, digit span testing, English reading questions, anthropometry, and individual consumption
- Employment: main and secondary occupations, and non-employees
- Education: general education, education career, and literacy and apprenticeships
- Migration: immigration and migration history
Non-resident Relatives and Spouses
- Non-resident relatives
- Non-resident spouses
Household Assets
- Farm assets
- Animal
- Tools
- Household durable goods
- Financial assets: borrowing, lending, out-transfers, in-transfers, savings, mobile money account/services
Household Production
- Plots
- Land tenure
- Tractor and plough use
- Seeds
- Inputs: chemical, organic
- Agriculture labor
- Harvest
- Crop stores and sales
Non-farm Household Enterprise
- Basic information and assets
- Information about employees
Household Health
- Insurance
- Immunization
- Activities of daily living
- Health in the past 3 weeks
- Health in last 12 months
- Miscellaneous health
Women's Health
- Fertility
- Authority in the household
Men's Health
- Reproductive health
- Authority in the household
Children's Module
- Young child health
Psychology/ Social Networking
- Psychology: depression, subjective social welfare, townsend questions, trust and solidarity, time use
- Risk preferences: behavior questions, accessing services
- Social networking
- Information seeking: Interactions with organizations and extension services
- Volunteerism
Consumption Module
- Food items consumed
- Clothing and footwear
- Expenditure on other items in the last 12 months
- Fuel and other lubricants used in the last 12 months
Housing Characteristics
Coverage
The survey is nationally representative.
The data is at the leve of district and community.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research | University of Ghana |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Global Poverty Research Lab | Northwestern University | Survey Design |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Global Poverty Research Lab | Funded the study |
Survey instrument
The survey questionnaire has two parts, Part A Questionnaire collected data on household members and Part B Questionnaire collected data on the household and dwelling.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | Wave 3 |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research | University of Ghana |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana ACEIR Hub, ISSER | University of Ghana | www.isser.ug.edu.gh | joanakwawu@gmail.com |
Public access data, available to all
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research. Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2018-2019, Wave 3 [dataset]. Version 1. Accra: ISSER [producer], 2021. Accra: Ghana ACEIR Hub [distributor], 2021.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI_GHA_2018_GSPS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research | University of Ghana | Metadata Creator |
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Metadata adapted for Microdata Library |
2021-11-10
Metadata version
Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from the DataFirst website (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/central). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document and Survey ID.