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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Feb 20, 2009

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Reason did not breastfeed (s424a)
File: ALLCHILD

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-96
Invalid: 99

Valid cases: 79
Invalid: 13109
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 96

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Mother ill/weak	3	3.8%
2	Child ill/weak	1	1.3%
3	Child died	53	67.1%
4	Nipple/breast problem	3	3.8%
5	Insufficient milk	3	3.8%
6	Mother working	1	1.3%
7	Child refused	11	13.9%
96	Other	4	5.1%

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.