Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Main occupation or occupational trainingMain occupation or occupational training (q0903)
File: WHS-Ghana_F4

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 5
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-19

Valid cases: 90
Invalid: 27

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How would you best describe your main occupation or occupational training?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Medical doctor (including psychiatrist, gynecologist, ophthalmologist, etc.)	1	1.1%
2	Dentist, dental surgeon or oral/dentistry or periodontist	0	0.0%
3	Pharmacist or pharmaceutical chemist	4	4.4%
4	Nurse professional	13	14.4%
5	Midwife professional or matron	3	3.3%
6	Optometrist or optician	0	0.0%
7	Physiotherapist, chiropractor or podiatrist	0	0.0%
8	Medical assistant	1	1.1%
9	Nutritionist or dietician	1	1.1%
10	Dental associate (assistant, hygienist or technician)	0	0.0%
11	Pharmaceutical assistant or technician	7	7.8%
12	Nursing associate or auxiliary	5	5.6%
13	Nursing aide, community health workers, hospital aide or dental aide	7	7.8%
14	Midwife associate or auxiliary or traditional birth attendant	2	2.2%
15	Sanitarian or health inspector	4	4.4%
16	Traditional medicine practitioner	1	1.1%
17	Faith healer	1	1.1%
18	Other health occupation than above : Specify __	17	18.9%
19	Other occupation (such as administrator, driver, sweeper, etc.)	23	25.6%
Sysmiss		27

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.

Interviewer instructions

We are interested in the option that best reflects the respondent’s main occupation and training. This refers to the principal position that the respondent held during the last regular work year. Record the occupation that best corresponds to the respondent’s actual work, rather than the title of the position. For example, if the respondent has a job title of “Director of staff”, but works in clinical nursing, then write “nurse”. If the respondent held more than one type of position, consider the position during which the respondent spent the greater amount of time. For example, if the respondent worked as a dental assistant most of the time, but was also employed as an office clerk for a few hours a week, mark “dental assistant” as the main occupation. There is no minimum salary or number of hours that a respondent must work in order to qualify for having an occupation.
If the respondent has a health background but is not working in a health-related field, then record his/her area of the occupational training.
If the respondent has no health background but is working in the health-related field, then record “other occupation”.