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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eating pattern (q6561)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

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

Valid cases: 1349
Invalid: 2589

Questions and instructions

Universe

Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.

Literal question

During [NAME]'s last illness, was [NAME] given more than usual to eat, about the same amount, less than usual, or nothing to eat?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	More than usual to eat	114	8.5%
2	About the same to eat	498	36.9%
3	Less than usual to eat	621	46.0%
4	Stopped food	61	4.5%
5	Never gave food (exclusively breastfed)	55	4.1%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		2589

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 asked if the youngest child in the household under age 5 was reported to have ever been ill, and refers to the last period of illness. The purpose is to assess home care practises of caregivers for sick children. Young children should not be given less food when presenting the symptoms recorded in questions Q6551 to Q6558. The interviewer should be sure to read the entire question before accepting a response. If the respondent says that the child is being exclusively breast fed (has not yet been weaned and does not eat any solid food), the interviewer should mark the response as "never gave food".