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Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)

Ghana, 2020 - 2023
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GHA_2020-2021_EWSFSFS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Nicole Franz, Lena Westlund, Molly Ahern
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1.5.5 If there are times when you cannot buy fish. Why would this be the case? (x1_5_5_if_there_are_times_wh)

Data file: data_anon_ind

Overview

Valid: 173
Type: Discrete
Width: 161
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
Around this time fish is scarce and you need more money to buy fish due to increase in prices 2
1.2%
Availability and expensive 1
0.6%
Because catch is low and fish is not available. 1
0.6%
Because fish is not available 1
0.6%
Because fish is not available due to low catch 1
0.6%
Because it is expensive 3
1.7%
Because it is not in season and therefore expensive 1
0.6%
Because it is the dry season and fishes hide in the river bed 1
0.6%
Because it is the dry season and the Lake is dried up 1
0.6%
Because it is the raining season and fishers can not go to sea 1
0.6%
Because limited availability and no money to buy 1
0.6%
Because of high water levels of the lake 1
0.6%
Because of scarcity High pricing 1
0.6%
Because of scarcity in the lean season 1
0.6%
Because of scarcity of fish Fish too expensive 3
1.7%
Because of the raining season there is less fishing activities and less catch 1
0.6%
Because of times and seasons 1
0.6%
Because the catch is low 1
0.6%
Because the fish is hiding in the mud and fishermen can not catch them 1
0.6%
Because the fishermen do not bring back enough fish 1
0.6%
Because the fishermen do not catch much 1
0.6%
Because the fishermen do not catch much or go fishing 1
0.6%
Because the fishermen do not get fish 2
1.2%
Because the fishermen do not go to sea 1
0.6%
Because the fishers are not able to catch fish 1
0.6%
Because the lake is very cold the fish hide in the river bed and therefore difficult to catch 1
0.6%
Because there is no catch 1
0.6%
Because they do not catch much 1
0.6%
Because they don't go to sea often and therefore availability is an issue 1
0.6%
Because we consume a portion of what we buy to sell. It becomes difficult to buy from others when it is expensive on cash basis 1
0.6%
Cost of fish too high and scarcity 1
0.6%
During the lean season most atimes 1
0.6%
Expensive and I don't have enough money 1
0.6%
Fish becomes scarce during the raining season 1
0.6%
Fish becomes expensive 1
0.6%
Fish becomes scarce in that period Fish becomes too expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is expensive 2
1.2%
Fish is expensive around this time 2
1.2%
Fish is not available Fish is too expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is not available in the market Fish is too expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is not available in the market Fish too expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is not in season and catch is low 1
0.6%
Fish is not too available 1
0.6%
Fish is out of season 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce 3
1.7%
Fish is scarce and expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce and expensive around this time 3
1.7%
Fish is scarce and expensive around this time. Illegal fishermen also brings fish that isn't safe for consumption 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce and fishermen do not get enough catch 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce and very expensive 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce around this time 10
5.8%
Fish is scarce around this time because fishermen don't get enough catch 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce at this time 1
0.6%
Fish is scarce so fishermen do not get enough catch 1
0.6%
Fish is very expensive 2
1.2%
Fish is very expensive and scarce 1
0.6%
Fish is very expensive around this time 1
0.6%
Fish is very expensive at this time 2
1.2%
Fish is very scarce and expensive around this time 1
0.6%
Fish is very scarce at this time 1
0.6%
Fish not available Fish too expensive 3
1.7%
Fish too expensive 2
1.2%
Fish too expensive Fish is of poor quality 1
0.6%
Fish too expensive Fish not available 1
0.6%
Fish too expensive Fish not available Fish is of poor quality 1
0.6%
Fish too expensive Scarcity of fish 3
1.7%
Fishermen do not get enough catch 1
0.6%
Fishermen do not get enough catch around tnis time , the few they get is over priced 1
0.6%
Fishermen do not get enough fish around this time 1
0.6%
Fishermen do not go fishing around this time,so we buy from Tema harbour which is expensive 1
0.6%
Fishermen who goes fishing do not bring fish home 1
0.6%
Fishers do not catch much 1
0.6%
High pricing Scarcity of fish 1
0.6%
In that period Fish is very expensive In that period Fish becomes very scarce 1
0.6%
It is a cycle where fisherman do not get fish , therefore prices are high 1
0.6%
It is expensive 2
1.2%
It is expensive and our fishers do not go to sea 1
0.6%
Lack of money 3
1.7%
Low catch 1
0.6%
Price Increases 1
0.6%
Scarcity 1
0.6%
Scarcity and lack of funds 1
0.6%
Scarcity of Fish 1
0.6%
Scarcity of Fish during those selected seasons 1
0.6%
Scarcity of fish 5
2.9%
Scarcity of fish Fish is expensive 1
0.6%
Scarcity of fish Fish too expensive 1
0.6%
Scarcity of fish Too expensive Fish not safe for consumptions 1
0.6%
Scarcity of fish Fish too expensive 4
2.3%
Scarcity of fish during May and June 1
0.6%
Scarcity of fish on market. 1
0.6%
The catch is low and therefore expensive 1
0.6%
The fishermen do not catch much 1
0.6%
The fishermen are not able to catch fish 1
0.6%
The fishermen do not go fishing (low season) 1
0.6%
The fishers do not get fish 1
0.6%
The tree stumps in the lake have been removed therefore the fish no longer have places to spurn 1
0.6%
The water levels are high and therefore not safe for fishers so there is little fish activities leading to scarcity 1
0.6%
There are no catch 1
0.6%
There is high tide so the fishermen can not go out to fish 1
0.6%
There is no fish because the fishermen do not got to sea. 1
0.6%
There is scarcity therefore it becomes very expensive 1
0.6%
They do not catch fish 1
0.6%
They do not catch much fish 1
0.6%
They do not catch much fish therefore there is scarcity 1
0.6%
They do not fish during full moons 1
0.6%
This is because of the light fishing( illegal fishing methods) the fishermen do not return with fish for me to feed the house hold whiles I sell most of them too 1
0.6%
Unavailability of fish 1
0.6%
Very expensive 1
0.6%
When Volta Lake overflows its banks and fishermen do not get fish to buy. The few fish caught is also expensive 1
0.6%
When fish is expensive 1
0.6%
When fish is expensive Fish is scares Lack of funds 1
0.6%
When fish is expensive and not available 1
0.6%
When fish is expensive and not of good quality 1
0.6%
When fish is not available in the market 1
0.6%
When fish is out of season 4
2.3%
When fish is out of season and expensive 2
1.2%
When fish is scares 3
1.7%
When fish is scares and out of season 3
1.7%
When fish is scares or out of season 1
0.6%
When is too expensive 1
0.6%
When it is full moon the fishers do not get fish 1
0.6%
When the Lake overflow it banks 1
0.6%
When the fishermen catch less fish the prices go high 1
0.6%
When the moon is full we do not get fish and also when the water level of the lake rises 1
0.6%
When we are in the dry season it is difficult to get fish because the water level of the lake is low 1
0.6%
scarcity of fish 1
0.6%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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