Survey Summary

Ghana: Standard DHS, 2008
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Other Dissemination Materials
General Fact Sheets
Survey Presentations
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Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Data Available
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Ghana
Contract Phase: DHS-V
Recode Structure: DHS-V
Implementing Organization: Ghana Statistical Services/Ministry of Health
Fieldwork: September 2008 - November 2008
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 11778
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 4916
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 59
Sample Size: 4568
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Anemia questions
  • Anemia testing
  • Anthropometry
  • Birth registration
  • Calendar
  • Causes of death
  • Cooking fuel
  • Domestic violence
  • GPS/georeferenced
  • Health insurance
  • HIV behavior
  • HIV knowledge
  • Malaria questions
  • Male circumcision self-reported
  • Men's survey
  • Micronutrients
  • Paper survey
  • Social marketing
  • Tobacco use
  • Tuberculosis questions
  • Verbal autopsy
  • Women's status