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Time/Cost
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Mean total time (minutes)
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Weekly Value of work time by valuation method
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Time cost
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National minimum wage*
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Village labourer wage**
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Reported monthly Income***
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how much extra (premium) ****
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Minutes/child
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1.8x24
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43
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0.7
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1.22
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0.88
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3.15
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Minutes/BCC session
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2.5x12.1
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30
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0.5
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0.86
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0.63
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2.25
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Minutes on follow up/child
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2.6x1.7
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102
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1.7
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2.98
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1.53
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7.65
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a
Monthly opportunity cost of time
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20 working hours -
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4.8 (5.3)
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9.6(10.67)
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14.64 (16.27)
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21.60 (23.74)
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- aEstimated based on 4.8 working hours/day and 5 working days per week*; As per the 2007 Ghana national minimum wage of (1.6/8 hours = 0.20]; ** As per an estimated village labourer wage of (3.5/8 hours = 0.4). *** As per reported income, 1.96/8 = 0.25 **** As per how much extra (premium) they would pay due to child’s sickness7.5/8 = 0.91; US Dollars in parenthesis. (1 US$ = GH¢ 0.90).
