World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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Have mosquito bed (q0560)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F2

Overview

Valid: 4147

Invalid: 12

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 207

End: 210

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The Household Questionnaire is to be administered to the "Household Informant", identified in Q0501.

Malaria Prevention: Use of (bed) nets

Literal question

Do you have a mosquito bed-net in the house?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	621	15%
5	No	3526	85%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		12

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.

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of this question is to assess how many persons are being correctly covered by prevention interventions. An answer of “yes” is appropriate only if the person slept under the bed net the night before the interview, and not if s/he says s/he usually sleeps under one but for some reason did not the previous night.
If No or DK: Go to Q0570

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