Survey Summary

Ghana: Standard DHS, 1988
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Ghana
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Ghana Statistical Service
Fieldwork: February 1988 - June 1988
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 4406
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 4488
Male: Husbands
Age: N/A
Sample Size: 943
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anthropometry
  • Arm circumference
  • Husband's survey ‹Surveys that used a separate questionnaire for husband's of women respondents (rather than a men's questionnaire).
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • 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.
  • Prenatal care - folic acid ‹Questions asking women if they took folic acid supplements during the pregnancy for her last live birth.
  • 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.