Ghana - Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Round 3

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

Metadata

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Feb 20, 2009

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Current contraceptive method (mv312)
File: MREC32

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 0-15
Invalid: 99

Valid cases: 1546
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 13

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not using	1212	78.4%
1	Pill	47	3.0%
2	IUD	7	0.5%
3	Injections	32	2.1%
4	Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly	5	0.3%
5	Condom	125	8.1%
6	Female Sterilization	10	0.6%
7	Male Sterilization	1	0.1%
8	Periodic Abstinence	74	4.8%
9	Withdrawal	24	1.6%
10	Other	6	0.4%
11	Norplant	1	0.1%
12	Abstinence	0	0.0%
13	Lactational Amenorrhea	2	0.1%
14	Specific method 2	0	0.0%
15	Specific method 3	0	0.0%

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.