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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
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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HH has (automatic) washing machine (W_WASHERYN)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 472
End: 472
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
111. Does your household have:

Electricity?
A wall clock?
A radio?
A black/white television?
A color television?
A mobile telephone?
A land-line telephone?
A refrigerator?
A freezer?
Electric generator/Invertor(s)?
Washing machine?
Computer?
Digital photo-camera?
Non-digital photo-camera?
Video deck?
DVD/VCD?
Sewing machine?
Bed?
Table?
Cabinet/Cupboard?

ELECTRICITY

YES 1
NO 2

CLOCK

YES 1
NO 2

RADIO

YES 1
NO 2

BLACK/WHITE TELEVISION

YES 1
NO 2

COLOR TELEVISION

YES 1
NO 2

MOBILE TELEPHONE

YES 1
NO 2

LAND-LINE TELEPHONE

YES 1
NO 2

REFRIGERATOR

YES 1
NO 2

FREEZER

YES 1
NO 2

GENERATOR/INVERTOR

YES 1
NO 2

WASHING MACHINE

YES 1
NO 2

COMPUTER

YES 1
NO 2

DIGITAL CAMERA

YES 1
NO 2

NON-DIGITAL CAMERA

YES 1
NO 2

VIDEO DECK

YES 1
NO 2

DVD/VCD

YES 1
NO 2

SEWING MACHINE

YES 1
NO 2

BED

YES 1
NO 2

TABLE

YES 1
NO 2

CABINET/CUPBOARD

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
6 Non-resident
8 Missing
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
WASHERYN indicates whether the household had an (automatic) washing machine.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Possessions Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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