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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Woman could decide use of her earnings before marriage (B_DECUSEARNPRE)

Data file: GHA1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 368
End: 368
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
728. Most of the time when you worked for money before marrying/living with a man, did you decide how all the money you earned would be used, how some of it would be used, or did someone else decide how our earnings would be used?

DECIDED ABOUT ALL 1
DECIDED ABOUT SOME 2
SOMEONE ESLE DECIDED 3
Categories
Value Category
1 Decided how all would be used
2 Decided how part would be used
3 Someone else decided
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
For women who worked before they were married, DECUSEARNPRE reports whether the respondent decided how all of her premarital earnings would be used, how some of them would be used, or if someone else decided how those earnings would be used.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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