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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775516

Study Description
Data Description

Type of wall (q4041)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-6

Valid cases: 3810
Invalid: 128

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of wall does your dwelling / house have?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Cement, brick, stone or wood	1767	46.4%
2	Mud brick	1742	45.7%
3	Thatch and other	244	6.4%
4	Plastic sheet	7	0.2%
5	Metal sheet	7	0.2%
6	Other	43	1.1%
Sysmiss		128

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

Think about the different kinds of walls and try to specify the material.