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

Metadata

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Sep 19, 2018

Last modified

Sep 19, 2018

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Household sample weight (6 decimals) (H_HHWEIGHT)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 124

End: 132

Width: 9

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

HHWEIGHT (HV005) is an 8-digit numeric variable, which should be used as a weighting factor to produce representative numbers accurately describing the surveyed population, when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Weights and subsample selection Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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