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Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Round four

Ghana, 2003
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Questionnaires
Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Merged Quetionnaires 2003
subtitle GDHS Questionnaires 2003
Author(s) Ghana Statistical Service Accra, Ghana , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Legon, Ghana , ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA
Date 2014-09-13
Country Ghana
Language English
Contributor(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) , Ministry of Health (MoH)/Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Publisher(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Description This is a structured questionnaire for face-to-face interview.
Table of contents 1. Identification
2. Household Schedule
3. Education
4. Housing Characteristics
5. Access to Mass Media
6. Employment
7. Women's Empowerment
8. FertilityFamily Planning
9. Infant and Child Mortality
10. Martenal and Child Health
11. Nutrition
12. Breastfeeding
13. Iodisation of Household Salt14. Malaria
14. Malaria
15. Exposure to Media Messages on Malari
16. Attitudes and Behaviour
17. HIV/AIDS-Related knowledge and Attitudes
18. HIV Testing
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Demographic and Health Survey 2003
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subtitle GDHS Report 2003
Author(s) Ghana Statistical Service Accra, Ghana , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Legon, Ghana , ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA
Date 2014-09-13
Country Ghana
Language English
Contributor(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) , Ministry of Health (MoH)/Ghana Health Service (GHS) , National Population Council (NPC) and ORC Macro , United States Agency for International Development (USAID
Publisher(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Description This report present the details of the findings of the survey. It provides findings of the various sections in tables and graphs and offer detail explanation to the report.
Table of contents Tables and Figures ........................................................................................ix
Foreword..................................................................................................xvii
Contributors ..............................................................................................xix
Summary of Findings ....................................................................................xxi
Map of Ghana ..........................................................................................xxviii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................1
1.1 Geography, History, and Economy ..................................................................1
1.1.1 Geography............................................................................................1
1.1.2 History.................................................................................................1
1.1.3 Economy ..............................................................................................2
1.2 Demographic Profile....................................................................................2
1.3 Population Policy and Reproductive Health Programmes..........................................3
1.4 Objectives and Organisation of the Survey.........................................................4
1.5 Sample Design...........................................................................................4
1.6 Questionnaires ..........................................................................................5
1.7 Haemoglobin and HIV Testing..........................................................................5
1.7.1 Haemoglobin Testing..................................................................................6
1.7.2 HIV/AIDS Testing......................................................................................6
1.8 Pretest, Training, and Fieldwork.......................................................................7
1.8.1 Pretest .................................................................................................7
1.8.2 Training and Fieldwork ...............................................................................8
1.9 Data Processing..........................................................................................8
1.10 Response Rates........................................................................................8
CHAPTER 2 HOUSEHOLD POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.......................11
2.1 Household Population by Age and Sex .............................................................11
2.2 Household Composition................................................................................13
2.3 Educational Attainment of Household Members ............................................... ...14
2.4 Housing Characteristics................................................................................19
2.5 Household Durable Goods .............................................................................22
CHAPTER 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS..........................................23
3.1 Background Characteristics of Respondents .......................................................23
3.2 Educational Attainment and Literacy................................................................ 25
3.3 Access to Mass Media ................................................................................. 29
3.4 Employment .............................................................................................32
3.4.1 Employment Status ..................................................................................32
3.4.2 Occupation ............................................................................................35
3.4.3 Type of Employer, Form of Earnings, and Continuity of Employment .........................38
3.4.4 Control Over Earnings and Women’s Contribution to Household Expenditures...............40
3.5 Women’s Empowerment ................................................................................43
3.5.1 Women’s Participation in Decisionmaking...........................................................43
3.5.2 Attitudes toward Wife-beating ......................................................................46
3.5.3 Attitudes toward Refusing Sex......................................................................49
CHAPTER 4 FERTILITY ......................................................................................53
4.1 Fertility Levels and Trends............................................................................. 53
4.1.1 Fertility Levels..........................................................................................53
4.1.2 Differentials in Current and Completed Fertility ...................................................54
4.1.3 Trends in Fertility.......................................................................................56
4.2 Children Ever Born and Children Surviving ........................................................... 58
4.3 Birth Intervals ............................................................................................ 59
4.4 Age at First Birth ......................................................................................... 61
4.5 Median Age at First Birth by Background Characteristics ........................................... 61
4.6 Teenage Fertility ..........................................................................................62
CHAPTER 5 FAMILY PLANNING ..............................................................................65
5.1 Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods .................................................................65
5.2 Ever Use of Contraception ..............................................................................68
5.3 Current Use of Contraceptive Methods................................................................70
5.4 Trends in the Use of Family Planning .................................................................. 74
5.5 Current Use of Contraception by Women’s Status .................................................. 75
5.6 Number of Children at First Use of Contraception .................................................. 77
5.7 Use of Social Marketing Brands........................................................................ 77
5.8 Knowledge of Fertile Period............................................................................79
5.9 Source of Supply ........................................................................................80
5.10 Informed Choice ...................................................................................... 81
5.11 Future Use of Contraception........................................................................ 84
5.12 Reasons for Not Intending to Use Contraception ................................................ 84
5.13 Preferred Method of Contraception for Future Use .............................................. 85
5.14 Exposure to Family Planning Messages............................................................. 86
5.15 Exposure to Specific Radio Messages on Family Planning .........................................89
5.16 Contact of Non-users with Family Planning Providers..............................................91
5.17 Discussion about Family Planning with Husband ....................................................92
5.18 Attitudes of Men towards Family Planning ..........................................................93
5.19 Attitudes of Couples towards Family Planning ......................................................94
CHAPTER 6 OTHER PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY .......................................99
6.1 Current Marital Status ....................................................................................99
6.2 Polygyny.................................................................................................. 100
6.3 Age at First Marriage ................................................................................... 102
6.4 Age at First Sexual Intercourse ...................................................................... 104
6.5 Recent Sexual Activity................................................................................. 107
6.6 Postpartum Amenorrhoea, Abstinence, and Insusceptibility ..................................... 110
6.7 Menopause .............................................................................................. 112
CHAPTER 7 FERTILITY PREFERENCES.....................................................................113
7.1 Desire For More Children ...............................................................................113
7.2 Need For Family Planning Services ....................................................................116
7.3 Ideal Family Size..........................................................................................118
7.4 Fertility Planning .........................................................................................121
7.5 Ideal Family Size And Unmet Need By Women’s Status .............................................122
CHAPTER 8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY..............................................................125
8.1 Definition, Data Quality and Methodology ............................................................125
8.2 Levels and Trends in Infant and Child Mortality ......................................................127
8.3 Socio-economic Diffferentials in Mortality .............................................................129
8.4 Demographic Characteristics and Child Mortality.....................................................131
8.5 Women’s Status and Child Mortality....................................................................134
8.6 Perinatal Mortality ........................................................................................135
8.7 High-Risk Fertility Behaviour.............................................................................136
CHAPTER 9 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH...............................................................137
9.1 Maternity Care ...........................................................................................137
9.1.1 Antenatal Care.........................................................................................137
9.1.2 Delivery Care ......................................................................................... 144
9.1.3 Postnatal Care ........................................................................................ 148
9.2 Reproductive Health Care and Women’s Status..................................................... 150
9.3 Child health............................................................................................... 151
9.3.1 Vaccination of Children .............................................................................. 151
9.3.2 Acute Respiratory Infections ............................................................... ........155
9.3.3 Diarrhoeal Diseases .................................................................................. 157
9.4 Child Health Care and Women’s Status .............................................................. 163
9.5 Women’s Perceptions of Problems in Obtaining Health Care...................................... 164
9.6 Use of Smoking Tobacco ...............................................................................165
CHAPTER 10 NUTRITION ...................................................................................169
10.1 Breastfeeding...........................................................................................169
10.1.1 Initiation of Breastfeeding .........................................................................169
10.1.2 Age Pattern of Breastfeeding .................................................................... 171
10.2 Complementary Feeding..............................................................................175
10.2.1 Types of Complementary Foods.......................................................... ........175
10.2.2 Frequency of Foods Consumed by Children .................................................... 176
10.3 Micronutrients ..........................................................................................179
10.3.1 Iodisation of Household Salt ............................................................... .......179
10.3.2 Micronutrient Intake among Children ............................................................ 179
10.3.3 Micronutrient Intake Among Mothers ............................................................ 182
10.3.4 Prevalence of Anaemia in Children................................................................ 184
10.3.5 Prevalence of Anaemia in Women................................................................. 184
10.3.6 Prevalence of Anaemia in Children by Anaemia Status of Mother ............................ 187
10.4 Nutritional Status of Children under Age Five...................................................... 187
10.4.1 Measures of Nutritional Status in Childhood ..................................................... 187
10.4.2 Trends in Children’s Nutritional Status ............................................................ 191
10.5 Nutritional Status of Women ..........................................................................191
CHAPTER 11 MALARIA ...................................................................................... 195
11.1 Mosquito Nets .......................................................................................... 195
11.1.1 Ownership of Mosquito Nets ...................................................................... 195
11.1.2 Use of Mosquito Nets by Children ................................................................ 196
11.1.3 Use of Mosquito Nets by Pregnant Women ..................................................... 198
11.2 Exposure to Media Messages on Malaria........................................................... 199
11.3 Malaria Diagnosis, Case Management, and Treatment .......................................... 200
11.3.1 Malaria Prophylaxis during Pregnancy............................................................ 200
11.3.2 Prevalence and Management of Childhood Malaria.............................................. 202
CHAPTER 12 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR ...................... 207
12.1 HIV/AIDS–Related Knowledge and Attitudes....................................................... 207
12.2 Knowledge of Prevention Methods ...................................................................208
12.3 Beliefs about AIDS......................................................................................210
12.4 Stigma and Discrimination Associated with HIV/AIDS ............................................. 213
12.5 Knowledge of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission ....................................... 216
12.6 HIV Testing................................................................................................219
12.7 Counselling and Testing Pregnant Women........................................................... 221
12.8 Attitudes towards Negotiating Safer Sex ............................................................222
12.9 Higher-Risk Sex and Condom Use .....................................................................224
12.10 Paid Sex ................................................................................................ 227
12.11 Self-Reporting of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Symptoms ............................. 227
12.12 STI Treatment-Seeking Behaviour .................................................................. 229
12.13 Sexual Behaviour among Young Women and Men ................................................ 229
12.14 Orphanhood and Children’s Living Arrangements................................................. 235
CHAPTER 13 HIV PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS .......................................... 239
13.1 Coverage of HIV Testing .............................................................................. 240
13.2 HIV Prevalence.......................................................................................... 243
13.2.1 HIV Prevalence by Socioeconomic Characteristics ............................................... 243
13.2.2 HIV Prevalence by Other Socio-demographic Characteristics................................... 246
13.2.3 HIV Prevalence by Sexual Risk Behaviour ........................................................ 247
13.2.4 HIV Prevalence by Other Characteristics Related to HIV Risk.................................. 249
13.2.5 HIV Prevalence and Male Circumcision ............................................................ 250
13.2.6 Prevalence among Couples......................................................................... 251
13.3 Distribution of the HIV Burden in Ghana............................................................. 253
REFERENCES.................................................................................................. 255
APPENDIX A SAMPLE IMPLEMENTATION................................................................... 257
APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ........................................................ 263
APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES ...................................................................... 281
APPENDIX D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 2003 GHANA DEMOGRAPHIC AND ........................ 287
APPENDIX E QUESTIONNAIRES ............................................................................. 291
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Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings 2003
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subtitle GDHS Key Findings 2003
Author(s) Ghana Statistical Service Accra, Ghana , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Legon, Ghana , ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA
Date 2014-09-13
Country Ghana
Language English
Contributor(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Publisher(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Description This report presents a summary of the findings of the survey.
Table of contents Population and Household Living Conditions
Age-sex distribution of the household population ..........................................2
Household composition .........................................................................2
Education of household population ...........................................................2
Housing characteristics .........................................................................2
Asset ownership .................................................................................2
Education, Women’s Employment, and Women’s Status
Literacy ...........................................................................................3
Employment ......................................................................................3
Media exposure ..................................................................................3
Women’s empowerment and status ...........................................................3
Fertility
Fertility levels and trends .......................................................................4
Fertility differentials .............................................................................4
Unplanned fertility ...............................................................................4
Fertility preferences .............................................................................5
Family Planning
Knowledge of family planning ..................................................................6
Use of contraception ............................................................................6
Trends in contraceptive use ....................................................................6
Differentials in contraceptive use ..............................................................7
Source of modern methods .....................................................................7
Maternal Health
Antenatal care ....................................................................................8
Delivery care ......................................................................................8
Postnatal care .....................................................................................8
Child Health
Childhood mortality ...............................................................................9
Childhood vaccination coverage ............................................................... 10
Childhood illnesses and treatment ............................................................. 10
Nutrition
Breastfeeding practices ......................................................................... 11
Iodisation of household salt .................................................................... 11
Intake of vitamin A ............................................................................... 11
Prevalence of anaemia ........................................................................... 12
Nutritional status of children ..................................................................... 13
Nutritional status of women ...................................................................... 13
HIV/AIDS: Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour, and Prevalence
Awareness of AIDS ............................................................................... 14
Attitudes towards HIV-infected people ........................................................ 14
HIV related behavioural indicators .............................................................. 14
HIV prevalence ..................................................................................... 15
Summary and Recommendations..................................................................16
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Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Factsheet 2003
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subtitle GDHS Factsheet 2003
Author(s) Ghana Statistical Service Accra, Ghana , Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Legon, Ghana , ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA
Date 2014-09-13
Country Ghana
Language English
Contributor(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Publisher(s) Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Description This report is a table of a summary of the findings of the survey.
Table of contents FERTILITY
FAMILY PLANNING
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
NUTRITION IN CHILDREN AND WOMEN
CHILDHOOD MORTALITY9
HIV/AIDS ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOUR AND PREVALENCE
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