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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Sex of household member (H_SEX)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4. SEX: Is (NAME) male or female?

YES 1
NO 2

Categories

Value	Category
1	Male
2	Female
8	Missing

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

SEX (HV104) reports the sex of the household member, as given by the respondent for the household questionnaire.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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