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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775162

Study Description
Data Description

contact with person (q5109)
File: WHS-Ghana_F7

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-5

Valid cases: 16017
Invalid: 8833

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How often are you in contact with [NAME] in
person, by phone, mail or other means of
communication?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Weekly	7892	49.3%
2	Monthly	3846	24.0%
3	Yearly	3127	19.5%
4	Every 2-3 years	535	3.3%
5	Every 3 years or more	617	3.9%
Sysmiss		8833

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 aims to record the frequency of communication with the sibling. The response to this should be recorded for all siblings.