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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Health insurance type: Government/social security (M_INSSOCSMN)

Data file: GHA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 785
End: 785
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
815. What type of health insurance?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

NATIONAL/DISTRICT HEALTH INSURANCE (NHIS) A
HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH EMPLOYER B
MUTUAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INSURANCE C
OTHER PRIVATELY PURCHASED COMMERCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE D
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
INSSOCSMN (MV481C) indicates whether the man is covered by health insurance through Social Security or another government program.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Insurance, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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