Ghana - Ghana Maternal Health Survey 2007

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GMHS-2007

Year

2007

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous

Sponsor(s)

United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Provided funds for the survey

Metadata

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Jul 24, 2013

Last modified

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Last action to end pregnancy (Q320)
File: GHIQ50FL

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-16
Invalid: 99

Valid cases: 558
Invalid: 9812
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 15

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Drank milk/coffee/other w/ lots of sugar	16	2.9%
2	Drank herbal concotion	26	4.7%
3	Drank other home remedies	8	1.4%
4	Used any herbal anema	16	2.9%
5	Inserted herb/object/other substance in vagina	34	6.1%
6	Took tablets	84	15.1%
7	Heavy massage	1	0.2%
8	D & C	237	42.5%
9	Manual vacuum aspiration	70	12.5%
10	Injection	38	6.8%
11	Saline instillation	3	0.5%
12	Cytotec tablets (Misoprostol)	22	3.9%
13	Oxytocin	0	0.0%
14	Catheter	2	0.4%
15	Excessive physical activity	1	0.2%
16	Other	0	0.0%
99		6
Sysmiss		9806

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.