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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Final say on household purchases for daily needs (W_DECDAILYPUR)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 601

End: 601

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

825. Who usually makes decisions about making purchases for daily household needs?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARNTER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER 6

Categories

Value	Category
1	Woman alone
2	Woman and husband/partner
3	Woman and someone else
4	Husband/partner
5	Someone else
6	Other or not applicable
8	Missing
9	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

DECDAILYPUR (V743C) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding household purchases for daily needs.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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