Ghana - Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Round 3

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Reference ID GHA-GSS-DHS-1998-v2.0
Year 1998
Country Ghana
Producer(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President
Sponsor(s) Government of Ghana - GoG - Financial Assistance
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Financial Assistance
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Data Description

Data File: RECH2

Cases 6003
Variable(s) 21
Producer Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data Prior to 2008, missing data and not applicable data were left as blank. These values are not differentiated. The current policy is to identify the missing data as follows:
-a coded value would be composed of 9s such that the entire length of the field is filled. For example a code of' '999' would be used for a missing field of three characters.
-not applicable or skipped variables are left blank
Processing Checks All files have been checked for the following:
1. All variables have been clearly defined and labelled
2. All categories (value labels) have been clearly defined
3. All cases have unique identification (no duplicates)
4. The frequencies of expected respondents checked with the actual section and inconsistencies noted.
5. Skip patterns have been verified
6. Structure edits have been performed

Variables

NameLabelQuestion
hhid Case Identification
hv201 Source of drinking water
hv202 Source of non-drinking water
hv203 Same source of water
hv204 Time to get to water source
hv205 Type of toilet facility
hv206 Has electricity
hv207 Has radio
hv208 Has television
hv209 Has refrigerator
hv210 Has bicycle
hv211 Has motorcycle
hv212 Has car
hv213 Main floor material
hv216 Rooms for sleeping
hv217 Relationship structure
hv218 Line number of head of househ.
hv219 Sex of head of household
hv220 Age of head of household
hv221 Has telephone
hv222 Type of salt used for cooking
Total variable(s): 21

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