Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

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Reference ID GHA-GSS-MICS-2011-v1.1
Year 2011
Country Ghana
Producer(s) Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous
Sponsor(s) United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Funding agency
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Funding agency
US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - - Provided funding
ICF Macro - - Provided funding
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Data Description

Data File: birth history

Content Birth history module from the women questionnaire
Cases 31145
Variable(s) 43
Version Verions 1.0
Producer Ghana Statistical Service
Missing Data Missing data is coded as 9 or a series of 9s that fills the length of the field.
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

NameLabelQuestion
HH1 Cluster number Cluster number
HH2 Household number Household number
LN Line number Line number
BHLN Line Number
BH2 Twins Twins?
BH3 Sex of child Sex of child
BH4M Month of birth
BH4Y Year of birth Year of birth
BH5 Still alive Still alive
BH6 Age of child Age of child
BH7 Living with respondent Living with respondent
BH8 Line number of child in HH
BH9U Age at death (units) Age at death (units)
BH9N Age at death (number) Age at death (number)
BH10 Any other between births Any other between births
BH4C Date of birth of child (CMC) Date of birth of child (CMC)
BH4F Date flag for BH4C Date flag for BH4C
BH6C Age (computed) Age (computed)
BH9C Age at death months (imputed) Age at death months (imputed)
BH9F Date flag for BH9C Date flag for BH9C
WDOI Date of interview women (CMC)
WDOB Date of birth of woman (CMC)
ethnicity Ethnicity of household head Ethnicity of household head
religion Religion of household head Religion of household head
welevel Education Education
HH6 Area Area
HH7 Region HH7
WAGE Age WAGE
WDOM Date of marriage (CMC)
WAGEM Age at first marriage/union
WDOBFC Date of birth of first child (CMC)
WDOBLC Date of birth of last child (CMC)
MSTATUS Marital/Union status
CEB Children ever born CEB
CSURV Children surviving CSURV
CDEAD Children dead CDEAD
wmweight Women's sample weight Women's sample weight
magebrtc Mother's age at birth (CMC) Mother's age at birth (CMC)
magebrt Mothers age at birth
brthint Previous birth interval
brthord Birth order
wscore Wealth index score
windex5 Wealth index quintile
Total variable(s): 43

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