Ghana - Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2003, Round four

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-DHS-2003-v1.1

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Government of Ghana

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GOG - Financial Assistance
U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - Financial Assistance

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Data Description

Data File: PERSON

Content	The eligible persons interviewed from the selected household consisted of women aged 15-49, men aged 15-59 and children under 5 years. The Women's Questionnaire was used to collect information from all eligible women. The information covered the following topics: respondent's background characteristics, such as education, residential history, media exposure, knowledge and use of family planning methods, fertility preferences, antenatal and delivery care, breastfeeding and infant and child feeding practices, vaccinations and childhood illnesses, childhood mortality, marriage and sexual activity, woman's work and husband's background characteristics, and awareness and behaviour regarding AIDS and other STIs. The Men's Questionnaire was administered to all men age 15-59 in every household in the GDHS sample. The Men's Questionnaire collected much of the same information found in the Women's Questionnaire, but was shorter because it did not contain a reproductive history or questions on maternal and child health and nutrition. The weights attached to the dataset is obtained by dividing the sample weight variable hv005 by one million (i.e. wt = hv005/1000000).
Cases	26601
Variable(s)	136
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hv001 (Cluster number), hv002 (Household number), hvidx (Line number)
Version	Version 1.0 was the uploaded version without external resources. Version 1.1 (September 2014 ) External resources attached and the literal questions provided with some editing done to other categories.
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	All missing values have been identified and coded according to the following rules: -a coded value 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
hc16	Day of birth of child	Day of birth of child

hc17	Date measured (day)	Date measured (day)

hc18	Date measured (month)	Date measured (month)

hc19	Date measured (year)	Date measured (year)

hc27	Sex	Sex

hc30	Month of birth of child	Month of birth of child

hc31	Year of birth of child	Year of birth of child

hc32	Date of birth (cmc)	Date of birth (cmc)

hc33	Completeness of information

hc51	Line no. of parent/caretaker	Line no. of parent/caretaker

hc52	Read consent statement	Read consent statement

hc53	Hemoglobin level (g/dl - 1 decimal)	Hemoglobin level (g/dl - 1 decimal)

hc55	Result of measuring (Hemoglobin)	Result of measuring (Hemoglobin)

hc56	Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitud (g/dl - 1 decimal)

hc57	Anemia level	Anemia level

hc58	Agrees to referral - NA -	Agrees to referral - NA -

hc60	Mother's line number from woman's questionnaire	Mother's line number from woman's questionnaire

hc61	Mother's highest educational level	Mother's highest educational level

hc62	Mother's highest year of education	Mother's highest year of education

hc63	Preceding birth interval	Preceding birth interval

hc64	Birth order number	Birth order number

hmlidx	Net number	Net number

hml3	Net observed	Net observed

hml4	Months ago obtained mosquito net	Months ago obtained mosquito net

hml5	How bednet obtained	How bednet obtained

hml6	Mosquito net treated with insecticide	Mosquito net treated with insecticide

hml7	Brand of bednet	Brand of bednet

hml8	Bednet treated since receiving	Bednet treated since receiving

hml9	Months ago re-treated	Months ago re-treated

hml10	ITN net	ITN net

hml11	Number of persons who slept under this net	Number of persons who slept under this net

hmla	Person who slept in mosquito net	Person who slept in mosquito net

hmlb	Person who slept in mosquito net	Person who slept in mosquito net

hmlc	Person who slept in mosquito net	Person who slept in mosquito net

hmld	Person who slept in mosquito net	Person who slept in mosquito net

hmle	Person who slept in mosquito net	Person who slept in mosquito net