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 woman's health care (W_DECFEMHCARE)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 607

End: 607

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

823. Who usually makes decisions about health care for yourself: you, your husband/partner, you and your husband/partner jointly, or someone else?

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/not applicable
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)
7	Family elders/relatives

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

DECFEMHCARE (V743A) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding the woman's own healthcare.

concept

Concept

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

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