Survey Summary

Ghana: Standard DHS, 1998
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Data Available
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Ghana
Contract Phase: DHS-IV
Recode Structure: DHS-III
Implementing Organization: Ghana Statistical Service
Fieldwork: November 1998 - February 1999
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 6003
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 4843
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 59
Sample Size: 1546
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anthropometry
  • Arm circumference
  • GPS/georeferenced ‹Surveys with latitude and longitude coordinates for survey clusters. Note that cluster coordinates are randomly displaced to protect the privacy of respondents.
  • HIV behavior ‹Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • HIV knowledge ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Men's survey ‹Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.
  • Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
  • Women's status ‹Questions asking individuals about decision-making, ownership of house/land, use of banks, and other related questions. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.