Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Final say on spending woman's earnings (W_DECFEMEARN)
Data file: GHA2008-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
603
End:
604
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
820. Who usually decides how the money you earn will be used: mainly you, mainly your husband/partner, or you and your husband/partner jointly?
RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Woman alone |
| 20 | Woman and husband/partner |
| 30 | Woman and someone else |
| 40 | Husband/partner |
| 50 | Someone else |
| 51 | Mother or father |
| 52 | Aunt or uncle |
| 53 | Family elders |
| 54 | Someone else, unspecified |
| 60 | Other or not applciable |
| 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 who have worked in the last 12 months and were paid in cash or in cash and in kind in the last 12 months, DECFEMEARN (V739) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding how the income she earns is spent.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |