Ghana - Ghana Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire Survey - 2003

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-CWIQ II -2003-v2.1

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana statistical service - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
The World Bank - - Financial and technical assistance

Created on

Feb 20, 2009

Last modified

Mar 14, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: Child data- CWIQ 2003

Content	This dataset contains information about chidren under 5 years in each household.
Cases	23879
Variable(s)	38
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: a1 (Cluster number), a2 (Household number), i1a (Child number from the household roster), i1b (Mother number from the household roster)
Version	v2.0 Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
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

Variables

Name	Label	Question
region	Region

a1	Cluster number

a2	Household number

i1a	Child number from the household roster

i1b	Mother number from the household roster

a4	Date of interview (date format)

i2	Child's date of birth (date format)

i3	What was the place of child delivery?	Where was the child delivered?

i4	Who delivered the child?	Who delivered the child?

i5a	Child's weight (in Kg with implied decimal)

i5b	Child's height (in Cm with implied decimal)

i6a	Did the child participate in a nutrition program?	Did the child participate in the following?

i6b	Did the child participate in weigh-ins?	Did the child participate in the following?

i6c	Did the child participate in Polio (Camp 2002)?	Did the child participate in the following?

i6d	Did the child participate in Vitamin A (Camp 2002)?	Did the child participate in the following?

i6e	Did the child participate in Measles (Camp 2002)?	Did the child participate in the following?

sex	Sex of child	Did the child participate in the following?

agemonth	Age of Child in months (SPSS)

agetrunc	Age of Child in completed months (SPSS truncated)

district	District unique ID based on REGION

lgacode	District code

lganame	District name

urbrur	Place of residence

hhweight	Household weighting co-efficient

surveyzo	Ecological zones

metro	Metropolitan Codes

haz78	Height-for- age Z-score (stunting) CDC/WHO 1978

stunt78	Height-for-age CDC/WHO 1978

whz78	Weight-for-height Z-score (wasting) CDC/WHO 1978

wast78	Weight-for-height CDC/WHO 1978

waz78	Weight-for-age Z-score (underweight) CDC/WHO 1978

underw78	Weight-for-age CDC/WHO 1978

stuntse	Height-for-age CDC/WHO 1978 - severe

wastse	Weight-for-height CDC/WHO 1978 - severe

underwse	Weight-for-age CDC/WHO 1978 - severe

quintile	Welfare quintile

uquintil	Urban welfare quintile

rquintil	Rural welfare quintile