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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Barrier to woman's health care: No provider (C_BHCNOPROV)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1347

End: 1348

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1013. Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, is each of the following a big problem or not?

Getting permission to go?
Getting money needed for treatment?
The distance to the health facility?
Having to take transport?
Not wanting to go alone?
Concern that there may not be a female health provider?
Concern that there may not be any health provider?
Concern that there may be no drugs available?

PERMISSION TO GO

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GETTING MONEY

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

DISTANCE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

TAKING TRANSPORT

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GO ALONE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NO FEMALE PROV

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NO PROVIDER

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NO DRUGS

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem only
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCNOPROV (V467H) indicates whether the woman reported "concern that there may not be a health provider" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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