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

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Payment for NHIS membership (W_NHISPAID)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2945

End: 2946

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1015C. Did you pay your NHIS membership yourself?

YES, PAID MYSELF 01
YES, PAID BY RELATIVE/FRIEND 02
YES, PAID BY EMPLOYER/SSNIT 03
NO, EXEMPT AS ELDERLY (70+ YEARS) 04
NO, EXEMPT AS PENSIONER 05
NO, EXMPT AS INDIGENT (POOR) 06
NO, OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 96

Categories

Value	Category
10	Yes
11	Paid by respondent
12	Paid by relative/friend
13	Paid by employer/SSNIT
20	No, exempt
21	Exempt as pregnant
22	Exempt as indigent
23	Exempt as elderly
24	Exempt as pensioner
30	No, other
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

NHISPAID reports who paid for the woman's membership in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of Ghana, or why the woman was exempt from payment for coverage.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Insurance, CS Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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