Summary information

Study title

Small-Scale Manufacturing and Repair Activities in the Urban Area of Techiman, Ghana

Creator

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand
Schmitz, Hubert (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England)
Aryeetey, Ernest (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana )
Gyekye, Oware (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana)
Yankson, Paul W. K. (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana)
Owusu, Francis (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana)
Quartey, E. Tei (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana)

Study number / PID

ZA5018, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.5018 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Situation and activities of small businesses in Ghana. Topics: building structure and site of business; ownership of land or property; main activities of the business; owner´s other business activities and the proportion of time used for these activities; age of the business; annual business activities or reasons for temporary business activity; number of owners including those belonging to the owner´s family; number of owners active in the business; manner in which main owner acquired qualifications; city of training; participation of family members in training outside of the business; number of full-time and part-time employees both family members and non-family members; number of trainees; ethnic affinity and regional origins of the owner; name and location of business.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

10/1987 - 12/1987

Country

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Census of all small businesses listed by the research team. Of the 578 businesses on the list 447 could be interviewed.

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral interview with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1990

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

Related publications

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