Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014

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Reference ID

GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., 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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Barrier to woman's health care: Distance to facility (W_BHCDISTANCE)

Data file: GHA2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2734

End: 2735

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1008) Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, is each of the following a big problem or not?

a) Getting permission to go to the doctor?
b) Getting money needed for advice or treatment?
c) The distance to the health facility?
d) Not wanting to go alone?

PERMISSION TO GO

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GETTING MONEY

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

DISTANCE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GO ALONE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCDISTANCE (V467D) indicates whether the woman reported "the distance to the health facility" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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