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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Why was health care needed? (q7003)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 5
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-12

Valid cases: 3247
Invalid: 691

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which reason best describes why you [your child] last needed health care?
- High fever, severe diarrhoea, or cough
- Immunization
- Antenatal consultation
- Family planning
- Childbirth
- Dental care
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Heart disease
- Bodily injury
- Minor surgery
- Other

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	High fever, severe diarrhea, or cough	1612	49.6%
2	Immunization	33	1.0%
3	Antenatal consultation	106	3.3%
4	Family planning	6	0.2%
5	Childbirth	60	1.8%
6	Dental care	35	1.1%
7	Arthritis	45	1.4%
8	Asthma	23	0.7%
9	Heart disease	67	2.1%
10	Bodily injury	216	6.7%
11	Minor surgery	55	1.7%
12	Other	989	30.5%
Sysmiss		691

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

The respondent must choose only one category.