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: REC61

Cases	4843
Variable(s)	33
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

v602	Fertility preference

v603	Preferred waiting time

v604	Preferred waiting time (grpd)

v605	Desire for more children

v606	Attitude toward becoming preg.

v610	Husband approves FP

v611	Discussed FP with partner

v612	Respondent approves FP

v613	Ideal number of children

v614	Ideal number of children (grp)

v616	Time for future birth

v618	Reason regrets sterilization

v621	Husbands desire for children

v623	Exposure

v624	Unmet need

v625	Exposure (definition 2)

v626	Unmet need (definition 2)

v627	Ideal number of boys

v628	Ideal number of girls

v629	Ideal number of either sex

v630a	Discussed FP with partner

v630b	Discussed FP with mother

v630c	Discussed FP with father

v630d	Discussed FP with sister(s)

v630e	Discussed FP with brother(s)

v630f	Discussed FP with daughter(s)

v630g	Discussed FP with mother-inlaw

v630h	Discussed FP with friends/nbrs

v630i	Discussed FP with other relative

v630j	Discussed FP with health worker

v630x	Discussed FP with others