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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First main type of work (q0907)
File: WHS-Ghana_F4

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 65
Invalid: 52

Definition

First main type of work

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Select and rank the two main type of work that you usually perform at this location.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Direct patient care (health diagnosis, surveillance, procedures, interventions, etc.)	13	20.0%
2	Administration / supervision/care coordination	7	10.8%
3	Teaching / health education/research	2	3.1%
4	Laboratory / diagnostic procedures	5	7.7%
5	Dispensing (medications / health products)	5	7.7%
6	Other health-related activities (such as attending in ward, assisting medical practitioners, etc.)	15	23.1%
7	Consultation with agencies / professionals	0	0.0%
8	Other non-health activities (such as driving car, maintaining equipment, etc.)	18	27.7%
Sysmiss		52

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

1. Direct patient care (health diagnosis, surveillance, procedures, interventions, etc.)
2. Administration / supervision / care coordination
3. Teaching / health education / research
4. Laboratory / diagnostic procedures
5. Dispensing (medications / health products)
6. Other health-related activities (such as attending in ward, assisting medical practitioners, etc.
7. Consultation with agencies / professionals
8. Other non-health activities (such as driving car, maintaining equipment, etc.)