Living Standards Survey III 1991-1992 - World Bank SHIP Harmonized Dataset

Ghana, 1991 - 1992

Reference ID

GHA_1991_GLSS_v01_M_v01_A_SHIP

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

Metadata

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Apr 25, 2019

Last modified

Apr 25, 2019

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how many times saw health care professional (q6401)

Data file: WHS-Zimbabwe_F5

Overview

Valid: 951

Invalid: 3149

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 27

Mean: 5.896

Standard deviation: 2.724

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many times during your pregnancy with (NAME) did you see a health care professional?

Interviewer instructions

This question is only asked to women who received antenatal care for their last pregnancy in the last five years. The respondent may not remember exactly how many antenatal care visits she had. Precision here is not crucial, however the interviewer has try to get the best possible approximation. If the respondent reports a range of numbers, for example 8-10 visits, the interviewer has to probe and ask her to choose one number. Sometimes the respondent may give a frequency of visits rather than the total number, for example "every month", "once in every three weeks", etc. In this situation, the interviewer has to estimate the number visits from the reported frequency.

Description

Universe

Questions to be asked to women of reproductive age (18-49 years) with a live birth in last 5 years only.