Ghana - Ghana Living Standard Survey 5: 2005, With Non-Farm Household Enterprise Module

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS-2005-v2.0

Year

2005 - 2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Funding
World Bank - WB - Support
European Union - EU - Support

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Dec 15, 2008

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Data Description

Data File: sec3a-Health Conditions

Content	Health conditions in the last 2 weeks
Cases	1423
Variable(s)	32
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Household Identification number), pid (Person number)
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	Prior to 2008, missing data and not applicable data were left as blank. These values are not differentiated. The current policy is to identify the missing data as follows: -a coded value would be composed of 9s such that the entire length of the field is filled. For example a code of' '999' would be used for a missing field of three characters. -not applicable or skipped variables are left blank
Processing Checks	All files have been checked for the following: 1. All variables have been clearly defined and labelled 2. All categories (value labels) have been clearly defined 3. All cases have unique identification (no duplicates) 4. The frequencies of expected respondents checked with the actual section and inconsistencies noted. 5. Skip patterns have been verified 6. Structure edits have been performed
Notes	The universe for this section is all household members

Variables

Name	Label	Question
clust	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number

region	Region

urbrur	Urban/rural

ez	Ecological zone

nh	Household number

pid	Person number	Person ID

s3apid	ID of person interviewed	ID of person interviewed

s3aq1	Suffered from illness	Durinig the last 2 weeks has Name suffered from either an illness or an injury?

s3aq2	How many days	For how many days during the last 2 weeks has Name suffered from this condition?

s3aq3	Stop usual activities	During the last 2 weeks did Name have to stop the usual activities because of this condition?

s3aq4	How many days	For how many days?

s3aq5	Consult health practioner	During the last 2 weeks has Name consulted a health practitioner or dentist or visited a health centre or consulted a traditional healer etc?

s3aq6	Who was consulted	On the most recent visit whom did Name consult?

s3aq7	Main reason for visit	What was the main reason for the most recent visit?

s3aq8	Place of consultation	Where did the consultation take place?

s3aq9	Facility public or private	Is this a public or private facility?

s3aq10	How much was paid	How much did Name pay for this consultation?

s3aq11	How much paid for T&T	How much did Name pay to travel there and to return?

s3aq12h	Time taken in hours	How much time (hours) did it take to travel to and from the facility?

s3aq12m	Time taken in minutes	How much time (minutes) did it take to travel to and from the facility?

s3aq13h	Time in hours	How much time (hours) did Name spend at the health facility?

s3aq13m	Time in minutes	How much time (minutes) did Name spend at the health facility?

s3aq14	Ever admitted at hospital	During the last 2 weeks , was name admitted to a hospital or health centre on account of the illness/injury? (INCLUDE TRADITIONAL HEALING CENTER)

s3aq15	How many nights	How many nights did Name stay in hospital/health centre during the last 2 weeks?

s3aq16	Amount paid	How much did Name or will Name pay for staying in a hospital/health centre during the last 2 weeks?

s3aq17	Any medicine bought	During the last 2 weeks, did Name buy any medicine or medical supplies?

s3aq18	Amount paid for medicine	How much did Name pay altogether for these medicine and medical supplies?

s3aq19	Total medical expenses	Total medical expenses (IF CANNOT GIVE BREAKDOWN)

s3aq20	Hospitalised for any illness or injury	For the past 12 months was Name hospitalized for any illness or injury?

s3aq21	Who pays for health expenses	Who pays for the greatest portion of the health expenses including consultation and hospital stays (if any)?

weight	weight