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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Data Description

Data File: WHS-Ghana_F6

Cases	3833
Variable(s)	26
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: id (Identification), childno (Child No)

Name	Label	Question
id	Identification

childno	Child No

q5001	name	What is the name of your child?

q5002	month / year of birth	What is the month and year of birth?

q5003	sex	What is the sex?

q5004	alive	Is the child still alive?

q5005a	Age of child (Years)	What is the child's current age in years?

q5005b	Age (months)	What is the child's current age in months?

q5005c	Age (days)	What is the child's current age in days?

q5006	living with you	Is the child currently living with you?

q5007	month / year of death	Month / Year of death

q5008a	age of death in days	Age at death in: Days

q5008b	Age at death in months	Age at death in: Months

q5008c	Age at death in years of child	Age at death in: Years

q5009	fever	Did s/he have fever?

q5010	continuous fever	Was the fever continuous (1) or on and off (5)?

q5011	fever associated with chills/shivering	Was the fever associated with chills/shivering?

q5012	convulsions	Did s/he have convulsions or fits?

q5013	child unconscious	Was the child unconscious for more than a day during the illness that led to death?

q5014	stiff neck	Did s/he have a stiff neck?

q5015	cough	Did s/he have a cough?

q5016	type of cough	If yes, was it (1) dry, (2) productive, (3) with blood, (4) or unknown ?

q5017	fast breathing	Did s/he have fast breathing?

q5018	indrawing of the chest	Did s/he have in drawing of the chest while breathing?

q5019	diarrhea	Did s/he have diarrhea?

q5020	Visible blood	Was there visible blood in the stools?