World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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marital status (q04xxe)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F3

Overview

Valid: 19509

Invalid: 1985

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 18

End: 18

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Household roster
In order to determine whom to interview, I need to know who lives at this address. Let me assure you that any information you provide is strictly confidential. I would like the age, sex, education, marital status and relationship to you of each of the members of this household who live here. Please include people who may presently be in an institution due to their health (hospital, nursing home etc.) for a short or long period.
All the males in the househo9ld should be entered first, from oldest to youngest. All the females should then be entered, from the oldest to the youngest female.
Don't forget to include yourself in the appropriate order.

Literal question

Marital status

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never married	11401	58.4%
2	Currently married	6455	33.1%
3	Separated	207	1.1%
4	Divorced	520	2.7%
5	Widowed	810	4.2%
6	Chohabiting	116	0.6%
Sysmiss		1985

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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