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Description & Citation--Study No. 22409

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:22409
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22409
 
Title:National Survey of Adolescents, 2004: Ghana
 
Principal Investigator(s):Kofi Awusabo-Asare, University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
 
  Ann Biddlecom, Guttmacher Institute
 
  Eliya Zulu, African Population and Health Research Center (Kenya)
 
Series:National Survey of Adolescents Series
 
Funding Agency:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 
  Rockefeller Foundation
 
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
 
Bibliographic Citation:Awusabo-Asare, Kofi, Ann Biddlecom, and Eliya Zulu. National Survey of Adolescents, 2004: Ghana [Computer file]. ICPSR22409-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-07-24. doi:10.3886/ICPSR22409
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The National Survey Adolescents was launched in 2004 in four Sub-Saharan African countries--Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda--to provide detailed information on adolescent risk-taking and health-seeking behavior as related to HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancy. The study examined a range of factors (e.g., behavioral, sociocultural, and economic) that could lead to increased vulnerability to risk. The study also encompassed knowledge of means of prevention, sources of trusted information and health care, and impediments to adolescentsi abilities to apply their knowledge and take preventive action. The Ghanian portion was administered between January and May 2004. Using a two-stage stratified sample design that selected households from rural and urban clusters, 9,445 households were listed for initial screening. After an initial interview in each household, individual surveys were administered in person to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 who were de facto or de jure members of the household. This process collected 4,430 individual interviews with adolescents. Because of the sensitive nature of questions administered in the survey, informed consent forms were obtained from both parents/guardians and the respondents, and in all possible instances interviewers and respondents were paired up by gender.
 
Subject Term(s):abortion, adolescents, AIDS, behavior, birth, birth control, birth history, contraception, dating (social), domestic partners, education, family background, family planning, fertility, health attitudes, health behavior, health care facilities, health education, household appliances, household composition, households, housing conditions, marriage, reproduction, reproductive history, risk assessment, sex education, sexual attitudes, sexual behavior, sexual exploitation, sexual knowledge, socioeconomic status, teenage parents, teenage pregnancies
 
Smallest Geographic Unit:Regions within Ghana
 
Geographic Coverage:Africa, Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global
 
Time Period:January 2004 - May 2004
 
Date(s) of Collection:January 2004 - May 2004
 
Unit of Observation:individual, household
 
Universe:All adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 in Ghana.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:Between January 2004 and May 2004, a two-stage cluster sample of 9,445 households were visited, from which a sample of 4,430 eligible adolescents were interviewed. Only adolescents who were de facto or de jure members of the household and between the ages of 12 and 19 were considered eligible
 
Weight:The individual case file has two weighting variables. The weight "qweight" is the sample weight and is used for all respondents. If "qweight"=0, the case should not be included in analysis either because of incomplete data or possible redundancy. Before use with the data, the sample weight (qweight) should be divided by 1,000,000 before applying the weighting factor. The weight "qwgt12" is a weight for respondents who also were selected for and answered Section 12 questions, since only one eligible adolescent per household was selected for those sensitive questions. When examining Section 12 questions, use only "qwgt12". Before using "qwgt12", it must also be divided by 1,000,000.
 
Mode of Data Collection:face-to-face interview
 
Response Rates:The overall response rate was 89.3 percent.
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2008-07-24
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Individual Record
  • DS2: Household Record
 

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