Ghana - Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Round 3

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-DHS-1998-v2.0

Year

1998

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Financial Assistance
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Financial Assistance

Metadata

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Feb 20, 2009

Last modified

Mar 12, 2016

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Data Description

Data File: REC44

Cases	3298
Variable(s)	29
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

Name	Label	Question
hhid	Case Identification

caseid	Case Identification

hwidx	Index to birth history

hw1	Age in months

hw2	Weight in kilograms (1 dec.)

hw3	Height in centimeters (1 dec.)

hw4	Ht/A Percentile

hw5	Ht/A Standard deviations

hw6	Ht/A Percent of ref. median

hw7	Wt/A Percentile

hw8	Wt/A Standard deviations

hw9	Wt/A Percent of ref. median

hw10	Wt/Ht Percentile

hw11	Wt/Ht Standard deviations

hw12	Wt/Ht Percent of ref. median

hw13	Reason not measured

hw14	BCG scar on arm or shoulder

hw15	Height: lying or standing

hw16	Day of birth of child

hw17	Date measured (day)

hw18	Date measured (month)

hw19	Date measured (year)

hw20	Arm circumference (cms - 1d)

hw21	Arm circ/A Percentile

hw22	Arm circ/A Standard deviations

hw23	Arm c/A Percent of ref. median

hw24	Arm circ/Ht Percentile

hw25	Arm cir/Ht Standard deviations

hw26	Arm cir/Ht Percent ref. median