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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Pregnancy checked (q6400)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 857

Invalid: 3081

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1438

End: 1441

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you see a health care professional to have your pregnancy checked?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	755	88.1%
5	No	102	11.9%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		3081

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

This question is only asked to women who had a live birth in the last five years. In order to detect problems association with pregnancy and childbearing, all pregnant women should have routine antenatal check-ups. This question refers to any visits to a health care provider for antenatal care during a woman's pregnancy (specifically to have her pregnancy checked, not for other reasons).

Description

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Questions to be asked to women of reproductive age (18-49 years) with a live birth in last 5 years only.

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