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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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Sep 19, 2018
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Number of own daughters living away from home (C_DAUSAWAYHOME)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 261
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205. How many sons are alive but do not live with you? And how many daughters are alive but do not live with you? IF NONE ENTER '00'.

SONS ELSEWHERE ___
DAUGHTERS ELSEWHERE ___
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
99 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
DAUSAWAYHOME (V205) reports the number of daughters to whom the woman has given birth who are still alive, but who are not currently living with her.

The related variable DAUSATHOME (V203) reports the number of daughters to whom the woman has given birth who are still alive, and who are currently living with her.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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