Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2018-2019, Wave 3 - Ghana

Abstract
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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.

Geographic coverage
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The survey is nationally representative

Analysis unit
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Households and individuals

Kind of data
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Sample survey data

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face Interviews

Research instrument
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The Household Questionnaire for the survey was in two parts, A and B. Questionnaire Part A collected data on household members and Questionnaire Part B collected data on the household and dwelling.

摘要
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加纳社会经济面板家庭调查是由耶鲁大学经济增长中心与加纳莱贡（阿克拉，加纳）统计、社会和经济研究所共同发起的一项联合努力。该调查旨在弥补对低收入国家发展理解的一个重大制约——缺乏详细、多层级和长期性的科学数据，这些数据随时间跟踪个体，并描述个体居住的自然和建成环境。大多数数据收集工作都是短期性的——仅在某一时间点进行；其范围有限——仅收集研究个体生活中的一些方面的信息；当进行多次数据收集时，离开研究区域的个体会被排除在外。这一后者意味着最具流动性的人群未纳入现有的调查和研究之中，可能对关于谁从发展过程中受益以及谁承担发展成本的推断产生实质性偏差。因此，本项目旨在通过一套综合性的调查工具随时间跟踪所有个体或随机子集，其目标是揭示长期经济发展过程的新视角。
地理覆盖范围
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全国代表性调查
分析单元
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家庭和个人
数据类型
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样本调查数据
数据收集方式
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面对面访谈
研究工具
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调查的家庭问卷分为两部分，A和B。问卷A收集家庭成员的数据，问卷B收集家庭和住宅的数据。