Survey on Sustainability Drivers for Textile SMEs in Western Ghana

315 valid survey responses from small and medium-sized textile and garment enterprises in Ghana's Western Region. The data was gathered via simple random sampling and analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM 4.0). The study was authored by Kweku Safo-Ankama and published on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between sustainability challenges and SME practices based on the survey constructs.
• Analyzing the impact of limited material access on eco-friendly production in a specific industrial sector.
• Investigating the perceived insignificance of economic constraints on sustainability adoption among SMEs.
• Benchmarking survey results for targeted interventions like recycling technology investment.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• The description provides a clear methodological context, including the use of PLS-SEM analysis on 315 responses.
• The geographic and sectoral focus (Western Region of Ghana's garment and textile sector) is explicitly defined.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 11.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

Source

Kweku Safo-Ankama via figshare.

Collection Method

Data were gathered from textile and garment SMEs via simple random sampling through an online and offline survey approach.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 17:32:05; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Region of Ghana.