The 2002 Survey
The 2002 Survey, entitled the “Ghana Population, Consumption, and Environment Survey,” or Ghana-PCE Survey was conducted in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Science and Technology ( Kumasi) and the University of Cape Coast. The survey is representative of the non-institutionalized population of the six coastal districts of Ghana’s Central Region, one of Ghana’s ten administrative regions. These six districts are Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA), Cape Coast, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Mfantsiman, Gomoa, and Awutu-Efutu-Senya.
The 2002 Survey incorporated a two-stage stratified, clustered sampling design. Fifty-four PSUs (called “Enumeration Areas,” or EAs, in Ghana) were sampled in the first stage, stratified by rural, semi-urban and urban. We selected three EAs from each of the three strata in each of the six districts (3*3*6=54). We then conducted a census of the 54 EAs and randomly sampled 24 households within each EA for our survey.
The 2002 Survey included four components: a community questionnaire, a household questionnaire, a men’s questionnaire, and a women’s questionnaire. In each of the 24 households in each of our 54 EAs, we administered the household questionnaire to one adult respondent (usually the head of the household) as well as individual questionnaires to all adult (i.e., age 15+) male and female members of the household. Each individual questionnaire also included a complete Life History Calendar by yearly interval.
2002 Survey Questionnaires
