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World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003
Reference ID
GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Collections
Health
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Feb 13, 2013
Last modified
Dec 05, 2013
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First main type of work (q0907)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F4

Overview

Valid: 65
Invalid: 52
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 40
End: 43
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Select and rank the two main type of work that you usually perform at this location.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Direct patient care (health diagnosis, surveillance, procedures, interventions, etc.) 13
20%
2 Administration / supervision/care coordination 7
10.8%
3 Teaching / health education/research 2
3.1%
4 Laboratory / diagnostic procedures 5
7.7%
5 Dispensing (medications / health products) 5
7.7%
6 Other health-related activities (such as attending in ward, assisting medical practitioners, etc.) 15
23.1%
7 Consultation with agencies / professionals 0
0%
8 Other non-health activities (such as driving car, maintaining equipment, etc.) 18
27.7%
Sysmiss 52
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
1. Direct patient care (health diagnosis, surveillance, procedures, interventions, etc.)
2. Administration / supervision / care coordination
3. Teaching / health education / research
4. Laboratory / diagnostic procedures
5. Dispensing (medications / health products)
6. Other health-related activities (such as attending in ward, assisting medical practitioners, etc.
7. Consultation with agencies / professionals
8. Other non-health activities (such as driving car, maintaining equipment, etc.)

Description

Definition
First main type of work
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