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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Health

Metadata

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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Marital Status (q1008)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3935

Invalid: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 66

End: 69

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.

Literal question

What is your current marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	never married	793	20.2%
2	currently married	2314	58.8%
3	separated	104	2.6%
4	divorced	299	7.6%
5	widowed	367	9.3%
6	cohabiting	58	1.5%
Sysmiss		3

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

Ask this question without reading the options to the respondent. If the response does not match any of the options e.g. “single”, read the options to the respondent and ask him/her to choose the option that best reflects his/her current marital status. For example, if the respondent is currently married (but was divorced in the past), the option “currently married” should be recorded.

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