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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Data file: GHA2003-C.dat

Child records

Cases: 3844

Variables

C_SAMPLE
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier
C_SAMPLESTR
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier (string)
C_COUNTRY
Country
C_YEAR
Year of sample
C_IDHSPID
Unique cross-sample respondent identifier
C_IDHSHID
Unique cross-sample household identifier
C_DHSID
Key to link DHS clusters to context data (string)
C_IDHSPSU
Unique sample-case PSU identifier
C_IDHSSTRATA
Unique cross-sample sampling strata
C_CASEID
Sample-specific respondent identifier
C_HHID
Sample-specific household identifier
C_PSU
Sample-specific primary sampling unit
C_STRATA
Sample-specific sampling strata
C_DOMAIN
Sample-specific domain
C_HHNUM
Household number in cluster
C_CLUSTERNO
Sample-specific cluster number
C_ULTAREAUNIT
Sample-specific ultimate area unit
C_LINENO
Household line number of woman respondent
C_LINENOHHRESP
Respondent's line number (answering Household questionnaire)
C_LINENOHUS
Household line number of respondent's husband
C_MIDX
Maternity history index to birth history
C_BIDX
Birth history index number
C_HIDX
Health history index to birth history
C_PERWEIGHT
Sample weight for persons
C_AWFACTT
All woman factor for total population
C_HEMOSELECT
Household selected for hemoglobin measurements
C_INTYEAR
Year of interview
C_MONTHINT
Month of interview
C_INTDAY
Day of interview
C_INTDATECMC
Century month date of interview
C_INTSTARTCMC
Century month code (CMC) for start of survey
C_INTENDCMC
Century month code (CMC) for end of survey
C_INTSTART
Time interview started (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
C_INTEND
Time interview ended (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
C_INTDURATION
Length of interview (minutes)
C_INTVISITNO
Number of visits for the interview
C_INTRESULT
Result of individual interview
C_EVMARALLSAMP
Ever-married or all-women sample
C_INTERVIEWERIDIR
Identification number of interviewer, women's survey
C_INTERVIEWERIDHH
Identification number of interviewer, household survey
C_URBAN
Urban-rural status
C_DISTRICT
Household district (sample-specific)
C_RESIDEINTYR
Years lived in place of residence
C_PREVRESTYP
Type of place of previous residence
C_KIDRESTYP
Childhood place of residence
C_GEO_GH1988_2014
Ghana regions, 1988-2014 [integrated; GIS]
C_GEO_GH2003
Ghana regions, 2003 [GIS]
C_DHS_IPUMSI_GH
DHS-IPUMS-I Ghana regions, 1984-2014
C_AGE
Age
C_AGE5YEAR
Age in 5 year groups
C_BIRTHMO
Woman's month of birth
C_BIRTHYEAR
Woman's year of birth
C_DOBCMC
Respondent's date of birth, in century months
C_DOBINFORESP
Information given on respondent's date of birth
C_RESIDENT
Usual resident or visitor
C_RELATE
Respondent's relationship to HH head
C_PREGNANT
Currently pregnant
C_DURCURPREG
Duration of current pregnancy
C_RELIGION
Religion
C_ETHNICITYGH
Ethnicity, Ghana
C_MARSTAT
Woman's current marital or union status
C_EVERMARRIED
Ever been married
C_CURRMARR
Woman never, currently, or formerly married
C_UNION1MORE
Woman had one or more than one union
C_AGEFRSTMAR
Age at first marriage or cohabitation
C_HUSAGE
Age of husband/partner
C_DURMARGRP
Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped)
C_MAR1STMO
Month of first marriage or cohabitation
C_MAR1STYR
Year of first marriage or cohabitation
C_YRSTO1STMAR
Years since starting date of 1st marriage or union
C_MAR1STCMC
Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC)
C_MAR1STDATINFO
Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union
C_MARTO1STBORNMO
Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth
C_WIFENUM
Number of other wives
C_WIFERANK
Wife rank number
C_HUSBINHOME
Husband/partner lives in woman's household
C_CHEB
Total children ever born
C_TOTBIRTHIST
Number of entries in the birth history
C_SONSATHOME
Number of own sons living at home
C_DAUSATHOME
Number of own daughters living at home
C_SONSAWAYHOME
Number of own sons living away from home
C_DAUSAWAYHOME
Number of own daughters living away from home
C_SONSDIED
Number of own sons who have died
C_DAUSDIED
Number of own daughters who have died
C_BIRTHSIN5YRS
Number of births in last 5 years
C_BIRTHSIN1YR
Number of births in the past year
C_BIRTHSIN1MO
Total number of births in month of interview
C_DOB1STKIDCMC
Date of respondent's first birth, in century months
C_TIMEMENSTRUATE
Time since woman's last menstrual period
C_MENSTRUATE6WK
Woman menstruated last 6 weeks
C_OVCYCLE
When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely
C_CHEBALIVE
Total number of living children born to respondent
C_CHSURVPLUSPG
Total number of living children including current pregnancy
C_CHEBALIVETRUNC
Total number of living children, truncated at 6+
C_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO
Interval between last birth and interview, in months
C_CONCEPTDATEFLAG
Completeness of information on date of conception, current pregnancy
C_MENSTIMFLAG
Flag for reported time since last menstrual period
C_PREGTERMIN
Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth
C_PREGTERMINMO
Calendar month of pregnancy termination
C_PREGTERMINYR
Year of last pregnancy termination
C_PREGTERMTIM
Months pregnant when pregnancy terminated
C_PREGTERMPREV
Respondent had previous pregnancy terminations (prior to last 5 years)
C_PRECALBIDX
Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar
C_BIRTHSOTHER
Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview
C_BIRTHSTOT3YR
Total births in last 3 years prior to interview
C_PRECALTERM
Had pregnancies ending in miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth before calendar beginning
C_PRECALTERMMO
Month of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
C_PRECALTERMYR
Year of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
C_PRECALTERMCMC
Century month date of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
C_PRECALTERMCOMP
Completeness of information for last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
C_TIMEMENSCALC
Computed time since last menstrual period
C_AGEAT1STBIRTH
Age of respondent at time of first birth
C_PREGTERMCMC
Century month date of last pregnancy termination
C_PREGTERMFLAG
Date flag for last terminated pregnancy
C_HHMEMTOTAL
Total number of household members
C_HHKIDLT5
Number of children under 5 in household
C_HHELIGWOMEN
Number of eligible women in household
C_HHEADAGE
Age of household head
C_HHEADAGEHH
Age of household head (from HH record)
C_HHEADSEX
Sex of household head
C_HHEADSEXHH
Sex of household head (from hh record)
C_FAMSTRUCTR
Relationship structure in HH
C_FLOOR
Main material of floor
C_ELECTRC
Has electricity
C_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
C_COOKFUEL
Type of fuel household uses for cooking
C_EVICTEDRISK
Likelihood of eviction from current dwelling
C_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
C_TOILETSHAREYN
Household shares toilet facility
C_TOILSHARNUMG
Number of other households sharing hh's toilet, grouped
C_HHWASTE
Disposal of kitchen waste and trash
C_DRINKWTR
Major source of drinking water
C_TIMETOWTRIND
Time to water source (from individual respondent record)
C_TIMETOWTRHH
Time to reach water source and return, in minutes (from HH record)
C_WTRAVAILFRQ
Frequency water available, last two weeks
C_HANDWASHPL
Household has place for handwashing
C_HANDWASHBRIDGE
Household has place for handwashing (bridging variable)
C_HWBASIN
Household has basin for handwashing
C_HWSOAP
Household has soap or other cleansing agent for handwashing
C_HWWATERTAP
Household has water faucet or tap for handwashing
C_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
C_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
C_BIKE
HH has bicycle
C_BIKEHH
HH has bicycle (from HH record)
C_CAR
HH has car/truck
C_CARHH
HH has car/truck (from HH record)
C_MOTORCYCL
HH has motorcycle/scooter
C_MOTORCYCLHH
HH has motorcycle/scooter (from HH record)
C_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
C_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
C_RADIO
HH has radio
C_RADIOHH
HH has radio (from HH record)
C_TELEVISION
HH has television
C_TVHH
HH has television (from HH record)
C_VIDEO
HH has video player/recorder
C_DRAWNCART
HH has animal-drawn cart
C_SALTBRIDGE
Iodized salt in household (bridging variable)
C_SALTRESULT
Results of salt iodine test (from individual record)
C_SALTEST1
Iodine level in HH salt, first grouping
C_BEDNETHH
Household has bednet for sleeping
C_BEDNETNUM
Number of mosquito nets owned by HH
C_BEDNETKIDLT5
Children under 5 slept under bednet last night
C_BEDNETKIDS
Number of children under bednet previous night
C_BEDNETWINF
Number of mosquito nets with specific information
C_MLHEHAHOHH
Ever listened to "He Ha Ho" radio program (HH survey)
C_MLSRCBROCHHH
Source of malaria message: Brochure or leaflet (HH survey)
C_MLSRCHWHH
Source of malaria message: Health worker (HH survey)
C_MLSRCNEWSHH
Source of malaria message: Newspaper or magazine (HH survey)
C_MLSRCPOSTHH
Source of malaria message: Poster (HH survey)
C_MLSRCRADIOHH
Source of malaria message: Radio (HH survey)
C_MLSRCTVHH
Source of malaria message: TV (HH survey)
C_INSHHANY
(Any) member of HH covered by health scheme/health insurance
C_INSHHWILLJOIN
HH considering joining insurance scheme in future
C_INSHHTYPE
Type of health insurance for household
C_INSBENEFITEV
Ever benefitted from mutual health organization or insurance scheme (HH)
C_INSCOVADMIS
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Admission
C_INSCOVANC
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Antenatal care
C_INSCOVCOMPDEL
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Complicated delivery
C_INSCOVCONSULT
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Consultation
C_INSCOVDRUG
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Drugs
C_INSCOVFOOD
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Extra or better food
C_INSCOVFP
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Family planning
C_INSCOVLAB
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Lab costs
C_INSCOVNORMDEL
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Normal delivery
C_INSCOVSPEC
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Specialist care
C_INSCOVSURG
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Surgery
C_INSCOVTRANS
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Transport
C_INSCOVXRAY
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: X-rays
C_INSCOVOTHER
Benefit of HH insurance scheme: Other
C_CURRWORK
Currently working
C_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
C_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
C_WKHOMEAWAY
Woman works at home or away from home
C_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
C_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
C_WKTYPELAND
Type of land where respondent works
C_WKEARNTYPE
Type of earnings for respondent's work
C_HUSJOB
Partner's occupation
C_FEMPAYHHEXP
Portion of household expenditures paid by woman's earnings
C_WEALTHQ
Household wealth index in quintiles
C_WEALTHS
Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
C_LIT2
Literacy, based on reading passage
C_LITBRIG
Literacy bridging variable
C_LITPROGRAMEV
Respondent ever attended literacy program
C_EDUCLVL
Highest educational level
C_YRSCHL
Highest year of education in level
C_EDYRTOTAL
Total years education
C_EDACHIEVER
Summary educational achievement
C_HUSEDLVL
Partner's educational level
C_HUSEDYR
Partner's highest year of education in level
C_HUSEDYRS
Partner's education in total years schooling
C_HUSEDACHIEVER
Husband's summary educational achievement
C_NEWSFQ
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
C_NEWSBRIG
Reads newspaper: Bridging variable
C_TVFQ
Frequency of watching television
C_TVBRIG
Watches television: Bridging variable
C_RADIOFQ
Frequency of listening to radio
C_RADIOBRIG
Listens to radio: Bridging variable
C_DECBIGHH
Final say on making large household purchases
C_DECDAILYPUR
Final say on household purchases for daily needs
C_DECFAMVISIT
Final say on visits to family or relatives
C_DECFEMEARN
Final say on spending woman's earnings
C_DECFEMHCARE
Final say on woman's health care
C_DECFOOD
Final say on food to be cooked
C_DECKIDHCARE
Woman can decide if sick child gets medical treatment
C_FERTPREF
Fertility preferences
C_UNMETNEED
Unmet need for FP
C_UNMETNEED2
Unmet need for FP (2nd def)
C_KIDDESIRE
Desire for more children
C_FPLCHDESIRE
Wanted last child
C_PGDESIRE
Time wanted current pregnancy
C_PROBPREG
How big problem if became pregnant
C_IDEALKID
Ideal number of children
C_IDEALKIDGRP
Ideal number of children (grouped)
C_IDEALBOYS
Ideal number of boy children
C_IDEALGIRLS
Ideal number of girl children
C_IDEALBOTH
Ideal number of children of either sex
C_IDEALBTHFUT
Ideal time before future birth
C_PREFTIMECH
Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child
C_PREFTIMECHGP
Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child (grouped)
C_FPDECIDER
Decision-maker for using FP
C_HUSFERTPREF
Husband's desire for children
C_FPAPPROVE
Respondent approves of couples using FP
C_HUSPROFP
Husband approves FP use
C_EXPOSURE1
Fecund, pregnant, amenorrheic, or infecund
C_EXPOSURE2
Fecund, pregnant, amenorrheic, or infecund (2nd def)
C_FPKNOTYP
Know any type of FP method
C_FPKNOPILL
Know about Pill for FP
C_FPKNOIUD
Know about IUD for FP
C_FPKNOINJ
Know about injectable FP
C_FPKNODIA
Know about diaphragm for FP
C_FPKNOCON
Know about condom for FP
C_FPKNOFST
Know about female sterilization for FP
C_FPKNOMST
Know about male sterilization for FP
C_FPKNOFC
Know about female condom for FP
C_FPKNOIMP
Know about implants or Norplant for FP
C_FPKNOLAM
Knows about lactational amenorrhea as a method of family planning
C_FPKNOEMRG
Knows about emergency contraception a as a method of family planning
C_FPKNOFJ
Knows about foam and jelly as a method of family planning
C_FPKNOWD
Know about withdrawal for FP
C_FPKNORHY
Know about rhythm for FP
C_FPKNOOM
Knows about other contraceptive as a method of family planning
C_FPCUREFF
Told about side effects of FP method
C_FPCURDEAL
Told how to deal with side effects of FP method
C_FPCUREFFWKR
Told about side effects by family planning worker
C_FPCUROM
Told about other FP methods
C_FPCUROMWKR
Ever told about other family planning methods by FP worker
C_FPKNOANYSRC
Known source for FP
C_FPKNOANYSRCS
Known source for FP, standardized
C_FPTYPNOW
Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern)
C_FPUSPATRN
Pattern of use of contraceptive method
C_FPMETHNOW
Current method of FP
C_FPNOWUSPILL
FP method currently used: Pill
C_FPNOWUSINJ
FP method currently used: Injections
C_FPNOWUSIUD
FP method currently used: IUD
C_FPNOWUSIMP
FP method currently used: Implants
C_FPNOWUSFST
FP method currently used: Female sterilization
C_FPNOWUSMST
FP method currently used: Male sterilization
C_FPNOWUSDIA
FP method currently used: Diaphragm
C_FPNOWUSCON
FP method currently used: Condom
C_FPNOWUSFC
FP method currently used: Female condom
C_FPNOWUSFJ
FP method currently used: Foam and jelly
C_FPNOWUSLAM
FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM)
C_FPNOWUSRHY
FP method currently used: Rhythm
C_FPNOWUSWD
FP method currently used: Withdrawal
C_FPNOWUSOM
FP method currently used: Other method
C_FPCURSTMO
Month of calendar year when started using current FP method
C_FPCURSTYR
Year when started using current FP method
C_FPCURSTCMC
Date when started using current FP method (CMC)
C_FPCURCOMP
Completeness of information: Start date of current method
C_FPCURNOMO
Months of use of current family planning method
C_FPNOW1SRC
First source for contraception for current method
C_FPLASTSRCD
Last source for FP for current users, detailed
C_FPLASTSRCS
Last source for FP for current users, standardized
C_FPPILLPACK
Shown pill package
C_FP1STUSGPKID
Number living children at first use of FP (grouped)
C_FP1STUSLVKID
Number living children at first use of FP
C_FPUSINTENT
FP current use or future intention
C_FPUSPLAN
Intention to use FP in future
C_FPUSIFMARY
Would use FP in future if married
Total: 1395
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