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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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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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Total number of living children including current pregnancy (W_CHSURVPLUSPG)

Data file: GHA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 340
End: 341
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
213. Now I would like to ask you about all of your pregnancies, whether born alive, born dead, or lost pregnancy, starting with the first one you had.

RECORD ALL THE PREGNANCIES. RECORD TWINS AND TRIPLETS ON SEPARATE LINES. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 11 PREGNANCIES, USE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
19 19
18 18
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
CHSURVPLUSPG (V219) reports the woman's total number of living children, including her current pregnancy.

CHSURVPLUSPG takes the value of CHEBALIVE (V218) and adds 1 if the respondent is pregnant.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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