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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Health

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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bed nets treated with insecticide (q0561)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F2

Overview

Valid: 602

Invalid: 3557

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 211

End: 214

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

Were the bed-nets treated with insecticide, a product that kills insects?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	141	23.4%
5	No	461	76.6%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		3557

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

In order for the use of bed nets to be effective in preventing mosquito bites and the transmission of malaria, they should be treated with insecticide, a product that kills mosquitoes.
If No or DK: Go to Q0563

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