Maternal Health Survey 2007

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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GHA_2007_MHS_v01_M

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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS)

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Sep 29, 2011

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Mar 29, 2019

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main reason for abortion (q304)

Data file: GHIQ50FL

Overview

Valid: 564

Invalid: 9806

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1646

End: 1648

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	health of mother
2	risk of birth defect
3	no money to take care of baby
4	too young to have child
5	not ready to be a mother
6	wanted to continue schooling
7	did not love the father
8	wanted to delay childrearing
9	wanted to continue working
10	did not want to stay with the father
11	wanted to space child
12	partner did not want child/denied the pregnancy
13	child's sex
14	because of rape
15	to avoid shame
16	afraid of parents
17	no one to help me look after the child
18	parents insisted
19	father of child died
96	other
99
101	.Z

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.

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