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Gendered Social Context of Adolescent HIV Risk Behavior in Ghana (ICPSR 35724)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-16
Geographic coverage: Africa, Ghana
The study uses a mixed-methods investigation that integrates focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) with a longitudinal cohort study (LCS) OF youth and their parents IN three communities in southeastern Ghana to identify the ways in which gendered parenting practices, peer group norms, and other factors shape emerging patterns of sexual behavior among youth in these communities. The LCS includes a younger cohort (aged 13 to 14 years at Wave 1 and 16 to 17 years by Wave 3, N=900) and an older cohort (aged 18 to 19 years at Wave 1 and 21 to 22 years by Wave 3, N=900) who, along with their parents/caregivers, are interviewed three times at 18-month intervals. Girls and boys are included in equal proportions.
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Health Poverty and Place: Modeling Inequalities in Accra Using RS and GIS (ICPSR 36015)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-22
Geographic coverage: Africa, Ghana
This project collects data on geographic differentials in health and mortality in urban Accra, Ghana. It uses remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) technology to measure the association of adverse health outcomes with neighborhood ecology, collects observations of physical features and build structures visible from satellite imagery, and assesses additional community-level variables such as social organization and institutions. This study also uses census and survey data on the area. The respondents to the 2003 Accra Women's Health Survey are also re-interviewed on health outcomes.
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Migrations between Africa and Europe project (MAFE) (ICPSR 36206)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-15
Geographic coverage: Netherlands, Belgium, Senegal, Europe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, United Kingdom, Italy, Ghana, France, Sub-Saharan Africa, Spain
The Migration between Africa and Europe (MAFE) project gathered innovative data on migration between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Coordinated by INED, scientific teams in three African countries and six European countries worked together to design and carry out a multi-sited, comparative and longitudinal survey. Between 2008 and 2010, MAFE collected household surveys in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Senegal, as well as individual biographical questionnaires in Africa (DR Congo, Ghana, Senegal) and in Europe (Congolese in Belgium and the UK; Ghanaians in the Netherlands and the UK; Senegalese in France, Italy and Spain). The individual questionnaire collects full retrospective histories of individual's housing, study and work trajectories, family formation, property ownership and migrant networks. MAFE offers a unique source of data that enables researchers to study the patterns, causes and consequences of African migration. Data collected in African countries may also be used to study other socio-demographic phenomena. MAFE offers online access to the project's background, methods (design, sampling, questionnaires, methodological notes, etc.), publications (MAFE working papers, PhD thesis, articles, etc.) and all contextual, household and individual data sets. MAFE-based research has appeared in the pages of the ANNALS of American Academy of Political and Social Science; Demography; Demographic Research; European Journal of Population; International Migration Review; Population (French and English Edition); Population, Space and Place; and World Development, among others.
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National Survey of Adolescents, 2004: Ghana (ICPSR 22409)
Released/updated on: 2008-07-24
Geographic coverage: Africa, Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa
Time period: 2004-01-01--2004-05-01
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 adolescents' 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.
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Provision of Sexuality Education in Secondary Schools, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, and Peru, 2015 (ICPSR 38440)
Released/updated on: 2023-05-18
Geographic coverage: Guatemala, Ghana, Kenya, Peru
Time period: 2015-02-01--2015-07-01
This study aimed to document how existing sexuality education policies and curricula are implemented in schools in developing countries through case studies of 4 countries. These data come from ten of twelve surveys: principals, teachers and students in Ghana and Kenya, and teachers and principals in Guatemala and Peru. In each country, three regions were purposively selected to represent geographic, ethnic and cultural diversity. In each region, the research team selected a representative sample of secondary schools, for a total of 60-80 schools in each country. The surveys of principals and teachers were interviewer-administered, and elicited detailed information on the content, approach and format of teaching sexuality education in each of the sampled schools, assessment methods, teacher training, and opinions on successes and failures of the program. The survey of students was self-administered at school with detailed guidance from fieldworkers. It assessed students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding sexuality and reproductive health, obtained opinions on strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum and teaching, and asked for their preferences regarding content, teaching approach, format and timing of the sexuality education program.
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Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE): A Cross-National Study (ICPSR 34241)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-07
Geographic coverage: Argentina, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, China (Peoples Republic), England, Ghana, India, Russia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Barbados, Taiwan, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, Indonesia
Time period: 1996-01-01--2008-01-01
The Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) study compiles cross-national data that contain information that can be used to examine the effects of early life conditions on older adult health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, functionality, mortality, and self-reported health. The complete cross sectional/longitudinal dataset (n=147,278) was compiled from major studies of older adults or households across the world that in most instances are representative of the older adult population either nationally, in major urban centers, or in provinces. It includes over 180 variables with information on demographic and geographic variables along with information about early life conditions and life course events for older adults in low, middle and high income countries. Selected variables were harmonized to facilitate cross national comparisons.
In this first public release of the RELATE data, a subset of the data (n=88,273) is being released. The subset includes harmonized data of older adults from the following regions of the world: Africa (Ghana and South Africa), Asia (China, India), Latin America (Costa Rica, major cities in Latin America), and the United States (Puerto Rico, Wisconsin). This first release of the data collection is composed of 19 downloadable parts: Part 1 includes the harmonized cross-national RELATE dataset, which harmonizes data from parts 2 through 19. Specifically, parts 2 through 19 include data from Costa Rica (Part 2), Puerto Rico (Part 3), the United States (Wisconsin) (Part 4), Argentina (Part 5), Barbados (Part 6), Brazil (Part 7), Chile (Part 8), Cuba (Part 9), Mexico (Parts 10 and 15), Uruguay (Part 11), China (Parts 12, 18, and 19), Ghana (Part 13), India (Part 14), Russia (Part 16), and South Africa (Part 17).
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) was also used in the compilation of the larger RELATE data set (HRS) (N=12,527), and these data are now available for public release on the HRS data products page. To access the HRS data that are part of the RELATE data set, please see the collection notes below.
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Social and Contextual Predictors of Male Heterosexual HIV Risk Behavior in Africa (ICPSR 35897)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-14
Geographic coverage: Africa, Tanzania, Ghana
This project studies men between the ages of 18 and 49, as well as select groups of women, in Tema, Ghana, and Mbeya, Tanzania. It examines the social and environmental contexts within a three-hour window prior to a sexual event, and the sexual event itself. Data are collected via participant observation, focus groups, in-depth interviews, and a structured survey. The survey asks men about their last three different sexual partners.
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Social Learning, Social Influence, and Fertility Control [Ghana] (ICPSR 35466)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-15
Geographic coverage: Africa, Ghana, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa
Time period: 1998-01-01--1999-01-01
The Social Learning, Social Influence, and Fertility Control study examined the association between social network and reproductive attitudes and behavior, especially contraception. This collection represents round one of an eight round panel survey conducted in six communities in three coastal regions of Ghana ( Western, Central, and Greater Accra) and contains two separate datasets, one for women and one for men . In the face to face interview, women aged 15 to 50 and their male partners were asked about childbearing and related reproductive items, fertility preferences, and contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practices. The respondents were also asked about social interaction, community organizations and HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Demographic information collected includes respondents' sex, marital status, employment, age, ethnicity, religious affiliation and social economic status.
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Women Empowerment and Child Health in Developing Countries - Continuation 2 (ICPSR 35890)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-14
Geographic coverage: Ghana, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa
The project takes advantage of two unique randomized experiments to study the impact of education on early fertility and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa (specifically Kenya and Ghana). It collects detailed data on students several years after an initial intervention. In Ghana, the study cohort is followed yearly and detailed interviews are collected in 2012, 2015 and 2018. Datasets contain information on attitudes, cognitive and noncognitive skills, and preferences.