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Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Ghana (GHA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
09/2014 - 12/2014
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
DHS Related Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2014 is part of Phase 6 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey series. For the 2014 Ghana DHS, 9,396 women and 4,388 men ages 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 11,835 households. In a subsample of respondents whose household had been selected to receive the male questionnaire, blood tests were done for HIV and the presence of anemia, and blood pressure and anthropometric measurements were taken.

Keywords 
24HR dietary recall, Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry ...  [View more]
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 19, 2025