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World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Were you told about signs of pregnancy (q6405)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 750
Invalid: 3188
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 1459
End: 1462
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During your pregnancy, when you were visiting a health care provider was any of the following done at least once:
Were you told about the signs of pregnancy complications and what you should do if they occur?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 464
61.9%
5 No 286
38.1%
8 Do not know 0
0%
Sysmiss 3188
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 these questions is to determine the minimal content of the antenatal care visits. For the safety of pregnancy and its outcome not only the number of visits matter, but the type of medical procedures that were performed during those visits. The procedures recommended in these questions are a bare minimum that has to be delivered to a pregnant woman. If the respondent is confused about the meaning of the "blood sample", the interviewer has to explain that this a procedure when a nurse or a doctor takes a small amount of blood from her to check if everything is alright. A response of “yes” is appropriate if the procedures were performed at any time during any antenatal care visit during the course of the woman’s last pregnancy.

Description

Universe
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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