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

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Data Description

Data File: REC95

Cases	3298
Variable(s)	45
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
hhid	Case Identification

caseid	Case Identification

idx95	Index to birth history

sy	Received Yellow fever

sd444y	Yellow fever day

sm444y	Yellow fever month

sy444y	Yellow fever year

s447h	Yellow fever vaccine

s448	Vitamin A during last 6 months

s448a	Health related home visits during last 6 months

s449ba	Treatment for fever: injection

s449bb	Treatment for fever: antibiotic

s449bc	Treatment for fever: antimalarial

s449bd	Treatment for fever: cough syrup

s449be	Treatment for fever: other pill or syrup

s449bf	Treatment for fever: unknown pill or syrup

s449bg	Treatment for fever: home remedy/herbal medicine

s449bh	Treatment for fever: sponging

s449bx	Treatment for fever: other

s449c	Seek advice to treat fever

s449da	Advice or treatment for fever: gvt. hospital/clinic

s449db	Advice or treatment for fever: gvt. health centre

s449dc	Advice or treatment for fever: gvt. health post

s449dd	Advice or treatment for fever: mobile clinic

s449de	Advice or treatment for fever: comm. health worker

s449df	Advice or treatment for fever: other public

s449dg	Advice or treatment for fever: pvt. hospital

s449dh	Advice or treatment for fever: pvt. pharmacy/drugstore/chem.

s449di	Advice or treatment for fever: pvt. clinic

s449dj	Advice or treatment for fever: pvt. mobile clinic

s449dk	Advice or treatment for fever: pvt. comm. health worker

s449dl	Advice or treatment for fever: other private

s449dm	Advice or treatment for fever: shop

s449dn	Advice or treatment for fever: trad. practitioner

s449do	Advice or treatment for fever: drug peddler

s449dx	Advice or treatment for fever: other

s451a	Anything given to treat cough

s451ba	Treatment for cough: injection

s451bb	Treatment for cough: antibiotic

s451bc	Treatment for cough: antimalarial

s451bd	Treatment for cough: cough syrup

s451be	Treatment for cough: other pill/syrup

s451bf	Treatment for cough: unknown pill or syrup

s451bg	Treatment for cough: home remedy/herbal medicine

s451bh	Treatment for cough: other