Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

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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Sep 19, 2018

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Household district (sample-specific) (B_DISTRICT)

Data file: GHA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 239

End: 241

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

DISTRICT (SDIST) is the geographic district where the person's household is located. This variable is country- and sample-specific. A district with a given numeric code in one sample for a country does not cover the same geographic area in a second sample for that country, even if the districts have the same numeric code.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

DISTRICT is a 3-digit variable.

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