World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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Sex of youngest child in the household (q6501)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 1696

Invalid: 2242

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1557

End: 1560

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Can you please tell me the name, the sex, and the date of birth of the youngest child living in this household.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Male	872	51.4%
2	Female	824	48.6%
Sysmiss		2242

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 make sure that the interviewer gets the information about the youngest child in the household, whether related to the respondent or not, and determines the date of birth (month and year)and sex of the child. The interviewer should refer to this name for all questions in this section (Q6504-Q6565, and in malaria endemic areas Q6566-Q6570).

Description

Universe

Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.

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World Health Survey 2003 Wave 0