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

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Data Description

Data File: ALLCHILD

Cases	13188
Variable(s)	261
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

Name	Label	Question
hhid	Case Identification

caseid	Case Identification

bidx	Birth column number

bord	Birth order number

b0	Child is twin

b1	Month of birth

b2	Year of birth

b3	Date of birth (CMC)

b4	Sex of child

b5	Child is alive

b6	Age at death

b7	Age at death (months-imputed)

b8	Current age of child

b9	Who child lives with

b10	Completeness of information

b11	Preceding birth interval

b12	Succeeding birth interval

b13	Flag for age at death

b14	Birth interval >= 4 years

b15	Live birth between births

midx	Index to birth history

m1	Tetanus injections bef. birth

m2a	Prenatal: doctor

m2b	Prenatal: nurse

m2c	Prenatal: midwife

m2f	Prenatal: trained birth attendant

m2g	Prenatal: trad.birth attendant

m2k	Prenatal: other resp (uncoded)

m2n	Prenatal: no one

m3a	Assistance: doctor

m3b	Assistance: nurse

m3c	Assistance: midwife

m3f	Assistance: trained birth attendant

m3g	Assistance: trad.birth attend.

m3k	Assistance: other resp (uncod)

m3n	Assistance: no one

m4	Duration of breastfeeding

m5	Months of breastfeeding

m6	Duration of amenorrhea

m7	Months of amenorrhea

m8	Duration of abstinence

m9	Months of abstinence

m10	Time wanted pregnancy

m11	Time would have waited

m13	Timing of 1st antenatal check

m14	Antenatal visits for pregnancy

m15	Place of delivery

m17	Delivery by caesarian section

m18	Size of child at birth

m19	Birth weight (kilos - 3 dec.)

m19a	Weight at birth recall

m21	Reason stopped breastfeeding

m27	Flag for breastfeeding

m28	Flag for amenorrhea

m29	Flag for abstinence

m34	When child put to breast

m35	Times breastfed during night

m36	Times breastfed during day

m37a	Gave child plain water

m37b	Gave child sugar water

m37c	Gave child juice

m37e	Gave child powder/tinned milk

m37f	Gave child baby formula

m37l	Gave child other liquid

m37p	Other solid, semi-solid foods

m37q	Food made from local grain

m37s	Gave child eggs, fish, poultry

m37t	Gave child meat

m38	Drank from bottle with nipple

m39	Times ate other food yesterday

hidx	Index to birth history

h1	Has health card

h2	Received BCG

h2d	BCG day

h2m	BCG month

h2y	BCG year

h3	Received DPT 1

h3d	DPT 1 day

h3m	DPT 1 month

h3y	DPT 1 year

h4	Received POLIO 1

h4d	POLIO 1 day

h4m	POLIO 1 month

h4y	POLIO 1 year

h5	Received DPT 2

h5d	DPT 2 day

h5m	DPT 2 month

h5y	DPT 2 year

h6	Received POLIO 2

h6d	POLIO 2 day

h6m	POLIO 2 month

h6y	POLIO 2 year

h7	Received DPT 3

h7d	DPT 3 day

h7m	DPT 3 month

h7y	DPT 3 year

h8	Received POLIO 3

h8d	POLIO 3 day

h8m	POLIO 3 month

h8y	POLIO 3 year