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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Whether household member under age 5 measured, and, if not, why not (H_HWCWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 607

End: 608

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

508. RESULT OF WEIGHT AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENT

CHILD MEASUREMENT RESULT

CHILD MEASURED 1
NOT PRESENT 2
REFUSED 3
OTHER 6

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Sick
22	Not present
23	Refused
24	Technical problems
25	Other
98	Missing
99	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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCWHYNOTMEAS (HC13) reports whether they were measured, or, if not, why they were not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., consent refused, not present).

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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