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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Reason for last overnight stay (q7403)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

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

Valid cases: 854
Invalid: 3084

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following best describes the reason for your [child's] last overnight stay?
- High fever, severe diarrhoea, or cough
- Childbirth
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Heart disease
- Bodily injury
- Minor surgery
- Other

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	High fever, sever diarrhea, or cough	318	37.2%
2	Childbirth	84	9.8%
3	Arthritis	7	0.8%
4	Asthma	6	0.7%
5	Heart disease	27	3.2%
6	Bodily injury	55	6.4%
7	Minor surgery	67	7.8%
8	Other	290	34.0%
Sysmiss		3084

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.