Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

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Reference ID GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M
Year 2007 - 2008
Country Ghana
Producer(s) Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School
Sponsor(s) US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)
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Q8028a: How many children (q8028a)
File: GhanaINDData
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 14
Decimals: 0
Range: -9-3
Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0
Questions and instructions
Pre question
Caregiving to children in the household
The following questions ask about care you provide or have provided to children in the household over the last 12 months - specifically care provided to children aged 15 years or younger for whom one or both parents are ill or absent (prolonged illness or absent through death or migration or other reason). Care could be related to physical care, health care, financial support or other reasons, where you are responsible for the well-being of the child/children.
Literal question
In total, how many child household (HH) members have needed care or support in the last 12 months?
Categories
ValueCategory
-9 Not applicable
-8 Don't know
1 One child
2 Two children
3 Three children
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.

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