Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998

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Reference ID

GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Has fits (H_DISFITS)

Data file: GHA1998-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 282

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

(13) Does (NAME) have fits/epilepsy?

YES 1
NO 2

Categories

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
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

DISFITS indicates whether the household member has fits. DISFITS includes whether the household member has epilepsy, becomes rigid, or loses consciousness.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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