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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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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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