Ghana demograhic and health survey. /
- Accra: DHS, 1989.
- xxii, 190 p.: ill.; 26cm.
Contents: Background: History, geography and economy -- Education -- Population and family planning programme -- Health priorities and programmes -- Objectives of the survey -- Organization of the survey -- Background characteristics of survey respondents -- Nuptiality and exposure to the risk of pregnancy: Current marital status -- Polygyny -- Age at first union -- Breatfeeding and postpartum insusceptibility -- Mean duration of breastfeeding and postpartum insusceptibility -- Fertility: Current and cummulative fertility by background characteristics -- Fertility trends -- Children ever born -- Children ever born and age at first marriage -- Age at first birth -- Age at first birth by background characteristics -- Fertility Regulation: Knowlege of methods and source -- Knowledge of modern methods and source by background characteristics -- Acceptability of method -- Knowledge of supply sources -- Ever use of contraception -- Current use of contraception -- Current use by background characteristics -- Number of children at first use -- Knowledge of the fertile period -- Source of supply of contraception -- Attitude toward becoming pregnant -- Reasons for nonuse -- Future use -- Preferred method -- Acceptability of media messages on family planning -- Attitude toward family planning by background characteristics -- Discussion of family planning -- Fertility Preferences: Desire for children -- Need for family planning -- Ideal family size -- Fertility planning -- Mortality and health: Mortality data -- Mortality trends -- Mortality differentials -- Prenatal care and delivery assistance -- Childhood immunisation -- Diarrhoea prevelance and treatment -- Prevelance and treatment of fever and respiratory illness -- Nutritional status of children -- Husband's survey: Characteristics of the sample -- Marriage -- Fertility -- Contraceptive knowledege and use -- Problems with methods -- Source for method -- Number of children at first use -- Intention to use -- Attitude toward family planning -- Fertility preferences -- Appendix A: Survey personnel -- Appendix B: Sample design and implementation -- Description of sample design -- Sampling probabilities -- Sample implementation -- Appendix C: Sampling errors -- Appendix D: Questionnaires.