Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014

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Reference ID

GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Status of bridewealth (C_BWSTATUS)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 302

End: 302

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

601C) What is the status of the bridewealth in your current union?

PAID IN FULL 1 (GO TO 604)
PARTLY PAID 2
NOT PAID AT ALL 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6

Categories

Value	Category
1	Paid in full
2	Partly paid
3	Not paid at all
6	Other
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 women whose current marriage included bridewealth negotiations, BWSTATUS reports the status of the bridewealth payment (paid in full, paid in part, or unpaid).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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