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: REC01

Cases	4970
Variable(s)	34
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

caseid	Case Identification

v000	Country code and phase

v001	Cluster number

v002	Household number

v003	Respondent's line number

v004	Ultimate area unit

v005	Sample weight

v006	Month of interview

v007	Year of interview

v008	Date of interview (CMC)

v009	Respondent's month of birth

v010	Respondent's year of birth

v011	Date of birth (CMC)

v012	Current age - respondent

v013	Age 5-year groups

v014	Completeness of information

v015	Result of individual interview

v016	Day of interview

v018	Row of month of interview

v019	Length of calendar

v020	Ever-married sample

v021	Primary sampling unit

v022	Sample stratum number

v023	Sample domain

v024	Region

v025	Type of place of residence

v026	De facto place of residence

v027	Number of visits

v028	Interviewer identification

v029	Keyer identification

v032	Office editor

v033	Ultimate area selection prob.

v034	Line number of husband