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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Health

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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Why did not get medicine (q7019)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 212

Invalid: 3726

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 2104

End: 2107

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which reason best explains why you [your child] did not get all the medicines you were prescribed?
1. Could not afford
2. Could not find all medicines
3. Did not believe all the medications were needed
4. Started to feel better
5. Already had some of the medicines at home
6. Other

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Could not afford	87	41%
2	Could not find all medicines	108	50.9%
3	Did not believe all the medications were needed	5	2.4%
4	Started to feel better	5	2.4%
5	Already had some of the medicines at home	1	0.5%
6	Other	6	2.8%
Sysmiss		3726

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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