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: HOUSEHOLD DATA

Content	The file contains data relating to the household of the survey (Sex, Age and Educational attainment of Household members, relationship to Head of household, Marrital Status,Parent survival status, source of drinking water, access to household durable goods, type of salt used for cooking and housing characteristics). It also contains the weighted coefficient.
Cases	6251
Variable(s)	207
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: hhid (Case Identification), hv001 (Cluster number), hv002 (Household 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
hhid	Case Identification

hv000	Country code and phase

hv001	Cluster number	Cluster number

hv002	Household number	Cluster number

hv003	Respondent's line number	Respondent's line number

hv004	Ultimate area unit

hv005	Sample weight

hv006	Month of interview	Month of interview

hv007	Year of interview	Year of interview

hv008	Date of interview (CMC)	Date of interview (CMC)

hv009	Number of household members	Number of household members

hv010	Number of eligible women in HH	Number of eligible women in HH

hv011	Number of eligible men in HH	Number of eligible men in HH

hv012	Number of de jure members	Number of de jure members

hv013	Number of de facto members	Number of de facto members

hv014	Number of children 5 and under	Number of children 5 and under

hv015	Result of household interview	Result of household interview

hv016	Day of interview	Day of interview

hv017	Number of visits	Number of visits

hv018	Interviewer identification

hv019	Keyer identification

hv020	Ever-married sample

hv021	Primary sampling unit

hv022	Sample stratum number

hv023	Sample domain

hv024	Region	Region

hv025	Type of place of residence	Type of place of residence

hv026	Place of residence - NA	Place of residence

hv027	Selection for male/husb. int.

hv028	Sample weight for male subsamp

hv030	Field supervisor

hv031	Field editor

hv032	Office editor

hv033	Ultimate area selection p - NA

hv035	Number of eligible children for height & weight

hv040	Cluster altitude in meters

hv041	Total adults measured

hv042	Selection for hemoglobin	Selection for hemoglobin

hv043	Selection for women's sta - NAodule	Selection for women's sta - NAodule

hv044	Selection for domestic vi - NAe module	Selection for domestic vi - NAe module

hv201	Source of drinking water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?

hv204	Time to get to water source	How long does it take you to go there, get water, and come back?

hv205	Type of toilet facility	What kind of toilet facilities does your household have?

hv206	Has electricity	Does your household have Electricity?

hv207	Has radio	Does your household have radio>

hv208	Has television	Does your household have television?

hv209	Has refrigerator	Does your household have refrigerator?

hv210	Has bicycle	Does your household have bicycle?

hv211	Has motorcycle/scooter	Does your household have motorcycle/scooter?

hv212	Has car/truck	Does your household have car/truck?

hv213	Main floor material	MAIN MATERIAL OF THE FLOOR.

hv214	Main wall material - NA	Main wall material

hv215	Main roof material - NA	Main roof material

hv217	Relationship structure

hv218	Line number of head of househ.	Line number of head of househ.

hv219	Sex of head of household	Sex of head of household

hv220	Age of head of household	Age of head of household

hv221	Has telephone	Does your household have telephone?

hv225	Share toilet with other households	Does your household share toilet with other households

hv226	Type of cooking fuel	What type of fuel does your household mainly use for cooking?

hv227	Have bednet for sleeping	Does your household have any mosquito nets that can be used while sleeping?

hv228	Children under 5 slept under bednet last night

hv230	Place for hand washing	Does the household have a place for hand washing

hv231	Items present: Water, tap	Items present Water, tap

hv232	Items present: Soap/other cleansing agent	Items present: Soap/other cleansing agent

hv233	Items present: Basin	Items present: Basin

hv234	Test salt for Iodine	Test salt for Iodine

hv270	Wealth index

hv271	Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)

hml1	Number of mosquito nets	Number of mosquito nets

hml1a	Number of mosquito nets with specific information

hml2	Number of children under bednet previous night

shdist	District	District

shslum	Cluster in slum area

shlangq	Language of questionnaire	In what language is the questionnaire?

shlangi	Language of interview	In what language was the interview conducted?

shlangr	Home language of respondent	What is the native language of the respondent?

shtrans	Translator used	Was a translator used?

sh22a	Frequency of water availability	In the last two weeks, how frequently has water been available from this source?

sh22b	Disposal of HH waste	How does this household primarily dispose of household waste?

sh24a	Number of other households that use toilet	How many households do you share these facilities with?

sh25d	Owns video deck	Does your household have a video deck?

sh26a	Possibility of eviction	How likely is it that you could be evicted from this dwelling: Would you say very likely, somewhat likely, not at all likely?

sh28d	Tractor	Does your household own a tractor?

sh28e	Horse/cart	Does your household own Horse/cart?

sh29b	When bednets are used	When do you use the nets?

sh32fa	Malaria message: TV	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria on the television?

sh32fb	Malaria message: radio	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria on the television?

sh32fc	Malaria message: newspaper	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria in the newspaper?

sh32fd	Malaria message: poster	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria in the poster?

sh32fe	Malaria message: leaflets	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria in leaflets?

sh32ff	Malaria message: health worker	In the past year, have you seen or heard messages about malaria from a health worker?

sh32g	Message: give child chloroquine	Have you seen or heard any messages telling you to give a child with fever chloroquine tablets for three days?

sh32h	Radio program HeHaHo	Have you ever listened to the radio program "He Ha Ho?"

sh34a	Member of MHO	Are you currently a member of a mutual health organization or health insurance scheme?

sh34b	Type of Scheme	What type of scheme are you a member of?

sh34ca	Benefits of scheme - Consultation	Benefits of scheme - Consultation

sh34cb	Benefits of scheme - Drugs	Benefits of scheme - Drugs

sh34cc	Benefits of scheme - Lab costs	Benefits of scheme - Lab costs

sh34cd	Benefits of scheme - X-ray	Benefits of scheme - X-ray