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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Antenatal care received: Weighed (W_ANCAREWT_ALL)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1522

End: 1522

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

411. As part of your antenatal care during this pregnancy, were any of the following done at least once?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

Were you weighed?
Was your height measured?
Was your blood pressure taken?
Did you give a urine sample?
Did you give a blood sample?

WEIGHT

YES 1
NO 2

BP

YES 1
NO 2

URINE

YES 1
NO 2

BLOOD

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	ANCAREWT_ALL available

Description

Definition

For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, ANCAREWT_ALL (M42A_x) indicates whether the respondent was weighed at least once during antenatal care.

ANCAREWT_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (ANCAREWT_01) up to, potentially, the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., ANCAREWT_02, ANCAREWT_03, ANCAREWT_04, ANCAREWT_05, and ANCAREWT_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If ANCAREWT_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

For most surveys, this information on weighing the pregnant woman was collected for only the most recent birth (ANCAREWT_01). Surveys in which the data were collected for additional births are noted in the comparability section.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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