People's Security Survey 2002, Ghana

Ghana, , 2002

International Labour Organisation, Centre for Social Policy Studies

Identification

IDNO

gha-ilo-pss-2002-v1

Title

People's Security Survey 2002, Ghana

Subtitle

Ghana

Country

Name	Country code
Ghana	gha

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The People's Security Survey (PSS) is a household survey conducted by the International Labour Orgnaisation's (ILO) Social Security Department (SECSOC). The survey seeks to track the seven forms of work-related security comprising decent work, as well as highlighting people's aspirations and sense of social justice. Between 2000 and 2003, these surveys were conducted in 15 countries and in 2005 these were conducted in three countries: Namibia, Mozambique and Sri Lanka. Because the survey instrument was being developed during that time, and for budgetary reasons, the samples and survey design varied. In some countries, a national representative survey was conducted; in others, representative samples were drawn only from selected regions or from urban areas only.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

Scope

Notes

The surveys examine both objective and subjective elements of people's security. The questions probe the following:

The socio-economic situation of the respondent and her/his household
People's perceptions of insecurity and security
Sources of socio economic insecurity for different social and demographic groups
Actual knowledge with regard to policies
Perceptions with regard to policies relating to socio economic security
Coping mechanisms

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
social welfare policy [15.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social welfare systems/structures [15.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covered Greater Accra and the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Geographic Unit

The data is at the level of district and enumeration area

Universe

The universe of the survey was household members aged 15-64

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
International Labour Organisation
Centre for Social Policy Studies	University of Ghana

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
2002-07

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name
Research Surveys

Access policy

Access authority

Name	URL
Social Security Department, International Labour Organisation (ILO)	http://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/pss.pss_files

Contacts

Email	URL
info@data1st.org	http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

Access conditions

Public use files, accessible to all

Citation requirements

International Labour Organisation and the Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana. People's Security Survey: Ghana, 2002 [dataset]. Version 1. Geneva: International Labour Organisation [producer and distributor], 2003.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

ddi-gha-datafirst-pss-2002-v1

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	DDI Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-03-06

DDI Document version

Version 1