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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
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Woman menstruated last 6 weeks (W_MENSTRUATE6WK)

Data file: GHA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 337
End: 337
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
237. When did you last menstrual period start?

DATE, IF GIVEN ________

DAYS AGO 1 ___
WEEKS AGO 2 __
MONTHS AGO 3 ____
YEARS AGO 4 ___

IN MENOPAUSE 994
BEFORE LAST PREGNANCY 995
NEVER MENSTRUATED 996
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MENSTRUATE6WK (V216) indicates whether the woman menstruated in the 6 weeks prior to the interview, as calculated from TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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