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Citation:

Adaaween, S. A. (2015): Household Survey, Vea Catchment - Ghana, 2012-2013 (https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/?uuid=c15fca57-976b-4d45-b7da-2f3350918903)

variable name variable meaning (question asked)

advice = would you advice your age mates or relations in the village or community

age = age in completed years

agegrp = RECODE of age (age in completed years)

agric = what are the main crops grown and animals raise

agripro = in what ways has migration affected household agricultural production

challe = what are the challenges you face in your agricultural production or work

child = how many children do you have?

climate = do you think the climate or rainfall pattern has changed in the last 3

decision = who took the decision for you to move or migrate?

duration = for how long did you stay at the place of destination?

educ = highest level of education

farmsize = on the average what is the size of your farm?

irrigate = are you doing irrigation farming in the dry season?

marage = age at marriage

married = marital status

means = by what means did you migrate or travel with?

migrate = have you migrated or traveled out of your community before or do you

moved = how many times have you moved out of your place of birth to live elsewhere

opinion = what is your opinion about people out-migrating from the village or co

origin = where do you come from?

peoplehh = how many people in your household

place = if yes, what was your place of destination?

pplehh = RECODE of peoplehh (how many people inb your household)

q17 = how are farming activities arranged and shared within the household?

q19bif = yes how?

q19c = if no, why?

q20b = if yes, what crops are grown?

q20c = if no why?

q22a = in what ways does the challenges you face in your work (farm and non-farm

q22b = in what ways does the challenges you face in your work (farm and non-farm

q22c = in what ways does the challenges you face in your work (farm and non-farm

q23b = if yes, how?

q23c = if yes, what has caused these changes?

q23d = if no, why?

q34a = how has migration affected your marriage?

q34b = how has migration affected your reproductive behaviour

q34c = how has migration affected your kinship relations?

q34d = how has migration affected your cultural practices and customs in the com

q34e = how has migration affecetd the patrilineal and extended family system?

q35a = are people also migrating into the community or village as compared to pe

q35b = If yes, why are people migrating into the village or community?

q35c = if no, why are people not moving in?

q36a = do you intend to migrate again?

q36b = if yes, why?

q36c = if no, why?

q37a = have you regretted ever migrating or travelling out of the village or com

q37b = Give reasons for your answer?

reasons = what are the reasons why you migrated?

region = In which region were you born?

relate = Relationship

returnwh = why did you decide to return?

sex = sex

solution = what do you think can be done help tackle the persistent out-migration

structu = how has migration affected your household structure?

support = are the crops grown and animals raised able to support you and your ho

wives = how many wives?

work = what work do you currently do?

yield = on the average, what is the total amount of yield from crops grown in b