Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

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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Sep 15, 2014

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Data Description

Data File: women

Content	Women aged 15 - 49 years
Cases	10963
Variable(s)	413
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

Name	Label	Question
WAGEM	Age at first marriage/union	Age at first marriage/union

WDOBFC	Date of birth of first child (CMC)	Date of birth of first child (CMC)

WDOBLC	Date of birth of last child (CMC)	Date of birth of last child (CMC)

MSTATUS	Marital/Union status	Marital/Union status

CEB	Children ever born	Children ever born

CSURV	Children surviving	Children surviving

CDEAD	Children dead	Children dead

wmweight	Women's sample weight	Women's sample weight

welevel	Education	Education

ethnicity	Ethnicity of household head	Ethnicity of household head

religion	Religion of household head	Religion of household head

wscore	Wealth index score	Wealth index score

windex5	Wealth index quintile	Wealth index quintile