Maternal Health Survey 2017
Ghana, 2017
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Reference ID
GHA_2017_MHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
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- Data files
- QHSEC01
- QHSEC02
- QHSEC03
- QHSECOVER
- QSECOVER - Core
- QWSEC01 - Core
- QWSEC2A - Core
- QWSEC2B - Core
- QWSEC2D - Core
- QWSEC3A - Core
- QWSEC3B - Core
- QWSEC04 - Core
- QWSEC05 - Core
- QWSEC06 - Core
- QWSEC07 - Core
- QWSEC09 - Core
- QWSECM2 - Core
- QWSECM3 - Core
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Main reason for abortion (q502a)
Data file: QWSEC05 - Core
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
14
End:
15
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Health of mother |
| 2 | Risk of birth defect |
| 3 | Fetus not viable |
| 4 | No money to take care of baby |
| 5 | Too young to have child |
| 6 | Not ready to be a mother |
| 7 | No one to help me look after the child |
| 8 | Wanted to delay childbearing |
| 9 | Wanted to space child |
| 10 | Wanted to continue schooling |
| 11 | Wanted to continue working |
| 12 | Wanted no more children |
| 13 | Did not love the father |
| 14 | Did not want to stay with the father |
| 15 | Partner did not want child/denied the pregnancy |
| 16 | Father of child died |
| 17 | Child's sex |
| 18 | Because of rape |
| 19 | To avoid shame |
| 20 | Afraid of parents |
| 21 | Parents insisted |
| 96 | Other |
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.