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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
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Children under 5 slept under bednet last night (H_BEDNETKIDLT5)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 352
End: 352
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
136. Who slept under this mosquito net last night?
RECORD THE PERSON'S LINE NUMBER FROM THE HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE.

NAME ______
LINE NO. _____
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 All children
2 Some children
6 No net in household
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
BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) indicates whether any, some, or all of the children in the household under age five slept under a bed net the previous night.


Apart from universe differences, BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) is included in Phase IV forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Antimalaria protection Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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