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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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Woman menstruated last 6 weeks (W_MENSTRUATE6WK)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 339
End: 339
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
237. When did your last menstrual period start?

DAYS AGO 1 ___
WEEKS AGE 2 ___
MONTHS AGO 3 ___
YEARS AGO 4 ___
IN MENOPAUSE/HAS HAD HYSTERECTOMY 994
BEFORE LAST BIRTH 995
NEVER MENSTRUATED 996
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MENSTRUATE6WK (V216) indicates whether the woman menstruated in the 6 weeks prior to the interview, as calculated from TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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