Survey Summary

Ghana: Standard DHS, 2014
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Data Available
GPS Datasets
Data Available
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Ghana
Contract Phase: DHS-VII
Recode Structure: DHS-VI
Implementing Organization: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Fieldwork: September 2014 - December 2014
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 11835
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 9396
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 59
Sample Size: 4388
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anemia testing
  • Anthropometry
  • Blood pressure (measure)
  • Blood pressure questions ‹Questions asking if individuals have been diagnosed with high blood pressure also known as hypertension. These questions are now included in the chronic diseases module. This does not include blood pressure measurement which is recorded as a biomarker. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • CAFÉ survey ‹Computer Assisted Field Editing. Interviews conducted on paper and entered into a laptop or tablet in the field for verification.
  • Calendar ‹The DHS calendar is a month by month history of certain key reproductive and contraceptive key events in the life of the woman respondent for the 5 years preceding the interview.
  • Cooking fuel ‹A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Early childhood development ‹A set of questions asking the mother about her children age 2-4 years to obtain information on the overall level of development that a child has reached according to his/her age across three interrelated domains - health, learning and psychosocial well-being. These questions are from a MICS module developed by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). In DHS-8, the MICS7 Early Childhood Development Index (ECDI) module replaced the MICS6 Early Childhood Developemnt (ECD) module.
  • Early childhood education ‹A question asking the household respondent if usual household members age 4-24 years attended an early childhood education program. In DHS-8, this question is included in the core questionnaire.
  • GPS/georeferenced ‹Surveys with latitude and longitude coordinates for survey clusters. Note that cluster coordinates are randomly displaced to protect the privacy of respondents.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • HIV testing
  • HIV testing - DBS
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • Malaria microscopy
  • Malaria questions ‹Questions asking women about anti-malarial medication received during pregnancy and anti-malarial medication given to young children, as well as questions asking household respondents about household mosquito net ownership and use.
  • Malaria RDT
  • Male circumcision self-reported ‹Questions asking men about their circumcision status.
  • 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.
  • Tuberculosis questions ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge and attitudes about tuberculosis. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • 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.