Ghana Maternal Health Survey 2007
Ghana, 2007
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GHA-GSS-GMHS-2007
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Ghana Statistical Service
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Main reason for abortion (Q304)
Data file: GHIQ50FL
Overview
Valid:
558
Invalid:
9812
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
96
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health of mother | 26 |
4.7%
|
| 2 | Risk of birth defect | 5 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | No money to take care of baby | 117 |
21%
|
| 4 | Too young to have child | 7 |
1.3%
|
| 5 | Not ready to be a mother | 49 |
8.8%
|
| 6 | Wanted to continue schooling | 56 |
10%
|
| 7 | Did not love the father | 7 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Wanted to delay childrearing | 66 |
11.8%
|
| 9 | Wanted to continue working | 43 |
7.7%
|
| 10 | Did not want to stay with the father | 44 |
7.9%
|
| 11 | Wanted to space child | 49 |
8.8%
|
| 12 | Partner did not want child/denied the pregnancy | 37 |
6.6%
|
| 13 | Child's sex | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Because of rape | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | To avoid shame | 10 |
1.8%
|
| 16 | Afraid of parents | 7 |
1.3%
|
| 17 | No one to help me look after the child | 15 |
2.7%
|
| 18 | Parents insisted | 4 |
0.7%
|
| 19 | Father of child died | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 96 | Other | 14 |
2.5%
|
| 99 | 6 | ||
| Sysmiss | 9806 |
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.