Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Whether food is cooked on open or closed heat source (W_COOKHOW)
Data file: GHA2008-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
418
End:
419
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
113. In this household, is food cooked on an open fire, an open stove or closed stove?
OPEN FIRE 1`
COAL PIT 2
OPEN STOVE 3
CLOSED STOVE/COAL POT WITH CHIMNEY 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
OPEN FIRE 1`
COAL PIT 2
OPEN STOVE 3
CLOSED STOVE/COAL POT WITH CHIMNEY 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 96 | Non-resident |
| 10 | Open heat source |
| 11 | Open fire |
| 12 | Open stove |
| 13 | Open fire or stove without chimney/hood |
| 14 | Open fire or stove with chimney/hood |
| 20 | Closed heat source |
| 21 | Closed stove with chimney |
| 22 | Stove, unspecified |
| 30 | 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 women in households where electricity or gas was not used for fuel, COOKHOW (HV239) indicates whether food was cooked on an open heat source (such as an open hire or open stove) or on a closed heat source (such as a closed stove with chimney).
Cooking over an open fire produces indoor air pollution associated with lung diseases such as asthma, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The degree of detail in responses varies across surveys; see Comparability.
The information in COOKHOW is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.
Cooking over an open fire produces indoor air pollution associated with lung diseases such as asthma, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The degree of detail in responses varies across surveys; see Comparability.
The information in COOKHOW is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Housing Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |