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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Child records

Cases: 5884

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_MENSELHH
Household selected for men's/husband's survey (individual-level)
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_GEO_GH1988_2014
Ghana regions, 1988-2014 [integrated; GIS]
C_GEO_GH2014
Ghana regions, 2014 [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_TRIPSAWAYR
Number of trips away from home in last 12 months
C_TRIPAWAY1MO
Respondent away from home for over 1 month in last year
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_BRIDEWYN
Bridewealth negotiated in current union
C_BWSTATUS
Status of bridewealth
C_BWNOAGREE
Bridewealth not negotiated: Respondent did not agree
C_BWNOFAM
Bridewealth not negotiated: Family did not agree
C_BWNOFAMTIES
Bridewealth not negotiated: Family ties
C_BWNOHUSB
Bridewealth not negotiated: Husband not given opportunity
C_BWNONEED
Bridewealth not negotiated: No need
C_BWNONEG
Bridewealth not negotiated: Not negotiable
C_BWNOPREG
Bridewealth not negotiated: Woman pregnant
C_BWNOPRESTIGE
Bridewealth not negotiated: Prestige
C_BWNOOTHER
Bridewealth not negotiated: Other reason
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_SLEEPROOMS
Number of rooms in HH used for sleeping
C_WALL
Main material of outside walls of dwelling
C_FLOOR
Main material of floor
C_ROOF
Main material of roof
C_ELECTRC
Has electricity
C_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
C_COOKFUEL
Type of fuel household uses for cooking
C_KITCHEN
Household has separate room for kitchen
C_COOKWHERE
Where cooking is usually done
C_COOKOILTYPE
Type of cooking oil mainly used
C_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
C_TOILETPLACE
Location of toilet facilities
C_TOILETSHAREYN
Household shares toilet facility
C_TOILSHARNUMT
Number of other households sharing hh's toilet, topcoded
C_TIMETOTOILET
Minutes to reach toilet facility (away from dwelling/plot)
C_DRINKWTR
Major source of drinking water
C_WTRLOCATED
HH water source located in dwelling, plot, or elsewhere
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_TREATWTRYN
Household uses any method to treat drinking water
C_TRAQUA
HH treats water by: Adding Aquatabs
C_TRBLEACH
HH treats water by: Adding bleach/chlorine
C_TRBOIL
HH treats water by: Boiling
C_TRCLOTH
HH treats water by: Straining through cloth
C_TRFILTER
HH treats water by: Using water filters
C_TRSOLAR
HH treats water by: Solar disinfection
C_TRSTAND
HH treats water by: Letting it stand
C_TRCAMPH
HH treats water by: Adding camphor
C_TROTHER
HH treats water by: Other methods
C_TRDK
HH treats water by: Don't know
C_WSTORFLASK
HH drinking water storage: Flasks or bottles
C_WSTOREARTH
HH drinking water storage: Earthenware or pottery
C_WSTORMETAL
HH drinking water storage: Metal container
C_WSTORPLASTIC
HH drinking water storage: Plastic container or bucket
C_WSTOROTHER
HH drinking water storage: Other
C_WSTORDK
HH drinking water storage: Don't know
C_HANDWASHPLOBS
HH has place for handwashing (observed)
C_HANDWASHBRIDGE
Household has place for handwashing (bridging variable)
C_HWSOAP
Household has soap or other cleansing agent for handwashing
C_HANDWASHSAND
Ash/mud/sand present in observed handwashing place
C_HANDWASHWTR
Water present in observed handwashing place
C_HWNOCLAGENT
No cleaning agent in observed handwashing place
C_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
C_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
C_MOBPHONE
HH has mobile phone
C_PC
HH has personal computer
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_BOATWMOTOR
HH has boat with a motor
C_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
C_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
C_FREEZER
HH has freezer
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_BWTV
HH has black and white television
C_DVDVCD
HH has DVD/CD/VCR player
C_SEWMACHINE
HH has sewing machine
C_WATCHCLOCK
HH has watch or clock
C_CLOCKONLY
HH owns clock (not watch)
C_BED
HH has bed
C_TABLE
HH has table
C_CUPBOARDYN
HH has cupboard
C_BANKACC
HH has bank account
C_AGLANDYN
HH owns land for agriculture (yes or no)
C_DRAWNCART
HH has animal-drawn cart
C_GENERATYN
HH has generator
C_LIVESTOCKYN
HH owns livestock
C_CATTLEYN
HH owns cattle (yes or no)
C_CATTLENUM
Number of cattle owned by HH
C_COWBULLYN
HH owns cows/bulls (yes or no)
C_COWBULLNUM
Number of cows/bulls owned by HH
C_GOATYN
HH owns goats (yes or no)
C_GOATNUM
Number of goats owned by HH
C_PIGYN
HH owns pigs (yes or no)
C_PIGNUM
Number of pigs owned by HH
C_RABBITYN
HH owns rabbits (yes or no)
C_RABBITNUM
Number of rabbits owned by HH
C_GRASSCUTNUM
Number of grasscutters owned by HH
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_SALTEST3
Summary result of salt test for iodine
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_SPRAYEDYR
Dwelling sprayed again mosquitoes, last 12 months
C_SPRAYEDGOV
Dwelling sprayed by government worker or program
C_SPRAYEDPRIV
Dwelling sprayed by private company
C_SPRAYEDNGO
Dwelling sprayed by NGO
C_SPRAYEDOTH
Dwelling sprayed by other
C_SPRAYEDDK
Don't know who sprayed dwelling
C_MLMSGURGCAREHH
Heard malaria message about urgently seeking care (HH respondent)
C_MLMSGACTRECHH
Heard malaria message about ACT medicine recommendation (HH respondent)
C_MLMSGFULLCORSHH
Heard malaria message about taking full course of medicine (HH respondent)
C_MLMSGANCHH
Heard malaria message about pregnant women getting ANC and meds (HH respondent)
C_MLMSGNETSHH
Heard malaria message about sleeping under nets (HH respondent)
C_MLSRCBROCHHH
Source of malaria message: Brochure or leaflet (HH survey)
C_MLSRCCOMHH
Source of malaria message: Community volunteer (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_MLSRCOTHERHH
Source of malaria message: Other source (HH survey)
C_INSHHNO
Number of household members covered by health insurance
C_CHHEDKIDLINENO
Line number of child selected for child education module
C_CHHEDPARLINENO
Line number of parent interviewed for child education module
C_CHHEDREADFQ
Frequency household members read to child
C_CHHEDHOMEWORK
Household member(s) helped child with homework in past 7 days
C_CHHEDGETBOOK
Household member(s) helped child access books in past 7 days
C_CHHEDLIBRARY
Household member(s) took child to library in past 7 days
C_CHHEDREADEVENT
Household member(s) took child to reading event in past 7 days
C_CHHEDTALKTEACH
Household member(s) talked to teacher about child's learning progress in past 7 days
C_CHHEDGOPTA
Household member(s) participated in Parent Teacher Association in past 7 days
C_CHHEDGOSCHLCOM
Household member(s) participated in school management committee in past 7 days
C_CHHEDREADREG
Household member(s) regularly read to child in past 7 days
C_CHHEDREADPUSH
Household member(s) encouraged child to read in past 7 days
C_CHHEDHIGHEXPECT
Household member(s) spoke to child of high expectations in past 7 days
C_CHHEDGIVELAMP
Household member(s) gave child lantern, flashlight, or lamp in past 7 days
C_CHHEDCUTCHORES
Household member(s) relieved child of some household chores in past 7 days
C_CHHEDOTHLEARN
Household member(s) helped child learn in some other way in past 7 days
C_CHHEDKIDBOOKSHOM
Number of children's books or reading materials in home
C_CHHEDTEACHLANG
Preferred language for teaching child
C_CHHEDTAKETEXTS
Frequency child brings school reading materials home
C_CHHEDGETOSCHL
How child travels to school
C_CHHEDTIMETOSCHL
How long it takes for child to get to school
C_CURRWORK
Currently working
C_JOBABSENT
Woman has job from which she was absent in past week
C_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
C_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
C_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
C_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
C_WKEARNTYPE
Type of earnings for respondent's work
C_WKMATERNITY
Job offers paid or unpaid maternity leave
C_HUSJOB
Partner's occupation
C_WKEARNSMORE
Woman's earnings relative to husband/partner's earnings
C_WEALTHQ
Household wealth index in quintiles
C_WEALTHS
Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
C_FEMOWNHOUSE
Woman owns house alone or jointly
C_FEMOWNLAND
Woman owns land alone or jointly
C_LIT2
Literacy, based on reading passage
C_LITBRIG
Literacy bridging variable
C_EDUCLVL
Highest educational level
C_YRSCHL
Highest year of education in level
C_EDYRTOTAL
Total years education
C_EDACHIEVER
Summary educational achievement
C_INSCHOOL
Woman still in school
C_WHYDROPOUT
Reason woman stopped attending school
C_AGESTARTSCHL
Age woman first enrolled in primary school
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
Total: 1542
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