Ghana - Ghana Living Standards Survey 3 -1991, Third round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-GLSS 3-1991-v2.1

Year

1991 - 1992

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Goverment of Ghana - GoG - Logistical assistance
The World Bank - - Support in all aspect of the survey
European Union - EU - Support in all aspect of the survey

Metadata

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Feb 20, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Health condition in the past 2 wks-S3A

Content	Information onhealth status of all household members that will be used to measure the cost of medical care and the use made of the different kinds of health services and facilities available.
Cases	20302
Variable(s)	30
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: pid (Economic Head id), hhid (Household Identification number)
Version	V2.0
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
clust	Cluster id

nh	Household id

pid	Economic Head id

s1q15

s3aq0

s3aq1	During the past 2 weeks have you suffered from either an illness or injury?	During the past 2 weeks have you suffered from either an illness or injury?

s3aq2	How long ago did this illness/injury start?	How long ago did this illness/injury start?

s3aq3	How many days during the past 2 weeks have you suffered from this condition?	How many days during the past 2 weeks have you suffered from this condition?

s3aq4	Did you stop your usual activities because of this condition in the past 2 weeks	Did you stop your usual activities because of this condition in the past 2 weeks

s3aq5	For how many days?	For how many days?

s3aq6	Have you consulted a health practitioner, or dentist or visited a health centre or consulted a tradional healer in the past two weeks?	Have you consulted a health practitioner, or dentist or visited a health centre or consulted a tradional healer in the past two weeks?

s3aq7	What was the reason for that visit?	What was the reason for that visit?

s3aq8a	In the past 2 weeks, whom did you consult?	In the past 2 weeks, whom did you consult?

s3aq8b

s3aq8c

s3aq9	Where did the consultation take place?	Where did the consultation take place?

s3aq10	Is this a public or private establishment?	Is this a public or private establishment?

s3aq11	How much did you pay for the first consultation?	How much did you pay for the first consultation?

s3aq12	How much did you pay for the first time to travel there and to return?	How much did you pay for the first time to travel there and to return?

s3aq13	How much time did the first consultation take, including travel time?	How much time did the first consultation take, including travel time?

s3aq14	During the past two weeks, were you admitted to a hospital or health centre?	During the past two weeks, were you admitted to a hospital or health centre?

s3aq15	How many nights did you stay in hospital/health centre during the past two weeks?	How many nights did you stay in hospital/health centre during the past two weeks?

s3aq16	How much did you pay for staying in a hospital/health centre duringthe past 2 weeks?	How much did you pay for staying in a hospital/health centre duringthe past 2 weeks?

s3aq17	During the past 2 weeks did you buy any medicines and medical supplies?	During the past 2 weeks did you buy any medicines and medical supplies?

s3aq18	How much did you pay altogether for these medicines and medical suppliers?	How much did you pay altogether for these medicines and medical suppliers?

s3aq19	Who paid for most of these health expenses including consultations and hospital stays(if any) ?	Who paid for most of these health expenses including consultations and hospital stays(if any) ?

region	Administrative region

weight	Sample weight

cluster	Cluster number

hhid	Household Identification number