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

Last modified

Mar 12, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: PERSONS

Cases	22652
Variable(s)	32
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

Name	Label	Question
hhid	Case Identification

hvidx	Line number

hv101	Relationship to head

hv102	Usual resident

hv103	Slept last night

hv104	Sex of household member

hv105	Age of household members

hv106	Highest educational level

hv107	Highest year of education

hv108	Education in single years

hv109	Educational attainment

hv110	Member still in school

hv111	Mother alive

hv112	Mother's line number

hv113	Father alive

hv114	Father's line number

hv115	Current marital status

hv116	Currently, formerly, never

hv117	Eligibility for female intview

hv118	Eligibility for male interview

idxh4	Index to household schedule

sh08	Loss of limbs or paralysed

sh09	Blind

sh10	Deaf

sh11	Mentally Retarded

sh12	Leprosy

sh13	Fits/epilepsy

sh14	Mental problems

sh16	Ever been to school

sh17a	Level of Education

sh17b	Highest grade completed

sh19	Reasons for not attending school