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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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Child received any vaccination (if no health card) (C_VACEV)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 758
End: 758
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
422. Has (NAME) ever had a vaccination to prevent him/her from getting diseases?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
6 Less than 3 months
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
For children born in the 3 to 5 years before the survey, VACEV (H10) indicates whether the young child had received any vaccination. This variable generally relates to children who did not have a health card, the preferred source of documentation on vaccinations.

If no health card was shown, the interviewer asked whether the child had any vaccinations (documented in VACEV), and, if the answer was yes, asked about specific types of vaccinations. Note that VACEV is not a summary variable for all questions relating to vaccinations; rather, VACEV serves as a filter variable during the interview for children lacking health cards.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child vaccination, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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