Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Last time mammography (q6302)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 1009
Invalid: 2929

Questions and instructions

Universe

Questions to be asked to FEMALE respondents aged 18-69 only

Literal question

When was the last time you had a mammography, if ever? (This is an x-ray of your breasts to detect breast cancer at an early stage).

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Within the last 3 years	16	1.6%
2	4-5 years ago	2	0.2%
3	more than 5 years ago	4	0.4%
5	Never had exam	987	97.8%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		2929

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.

Interviewer instructions

This question is only to be asked to women aged 40 to 69 years. The purpose is to identify when was the last time the respondent had a mammography. Read the following description(s) if the respondent does not understand what is meant by
mammography: “A mammography is a special x-ray of the breasts. It involves standing in front of a machine where each breast is placed between two plastic plates. The plates come together, pressing on the breast to make it as flat as possible. This procedure allows for lumps to be detected by the x-ray, to help detect breast cancer at an early stage.”