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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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age between respondent and sibling (q5107)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F7

Overview

Valid: 20346
Invalid: 4504
Minimum: -29
Maximum: 30
Mean: 6.097
Standard deviation: 6.321
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 2
Start: 25
End: 30
Width: 6
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the age difference (in years) between
you and [NAME]?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 1 162
1.5%
2 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 2 1740
16.5%
3 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 3 2102
19.9%
4 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 4 1669
15.8%
5 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 5 1007
9.6%
6 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 6 1980
18.8%
7 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 7 743
7.1%
8 Difference in age between respondent and sibling 8 1134
10.8%
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
In case the date of birth is unknown (DK response to Q5106), then the age difference between the child in question and the respondent is asked. For e.g. if the child in question is three years older than the respondent, then the answer to Q5107 should be +3, if three years younger, -3.
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