Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998
Round 3

Ghana, 1998

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GHA-GSS-DHS-1998-v2.0

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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

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Economics Demography

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Feb 20, 2009

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Desire for more children (v605)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Valid: 4840

Invalid: 3

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Wants within 2 years	742	15.3%
2	Wants after 2+ years	1696	35%
3	Wants, unsure timing	660	13.6%
4	Undecided	321	6.6%
5	Wants no more	1216	25.1%
6	Sterilized	41	0.8%
7	Declared infecund	164	3.4%
8	Never had sex	0	0%

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.

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