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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Highest level of schooling completed (q0918)
File: WHS-Ghana_F4

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 7
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-2000

Valid cases: 95
Invalid: 22

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the highest level of schooling you completed?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No formal schooling	12	12.6%
2	Less than primary school	7	7.4%
3	Primary school completed	36	37.9%
4	Secondary school completed	18	18.9%
5	High school (or equivalent) completed	0	0.0%
6	College/ pre-university/ University completed	19	20.0%
7	University post-graduate degree completed	3	3.2%
Sysmiss		22

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

This question refers to the highest level of education the respondent has successfully
attained in a health-related programme (such as medicine, nursing, biology or other). It
includes technical or vocational training beyond primary school. Excluded are short
courses (such as phlebotomy) or religious education. The level of education could have
been completed at school or elsewhere (such as through private tutoring or some other form of schooling that requires taking exams in order to complete the programme). If the respondent has not completed a formal programme, record “No formal schooling” and Go to Q0921.