DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02344.v2
title: Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF), 1995
title: Version 2

description: The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF) was undertaken to investigate the health of children under the age of five and women during pregnancy and childbirth residing in 60 communities within the departments (geopolitical units) of Chimaltenango, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, and Jalapa in Guatemala. Data were collected at the household, individual, and community levels to gain an in-depth understanding of the way residents in these rural populations think about their health, treatment, and family relations. Data at the household level (Parts 1-5, 90-92) provide information on household members, relation to household head, age, education, and language used. The individual-level data (Parts 6-37) describe the respondent's background, marital/relationship history, social ties and social support, and economic status, along with health beliefs, a complete birth history, knowledge and use of contraception, health problems and treatment during the last two pregnancies, and anthropometry on mothers and children. Extensive data were gathered regarding the health problems and treatment for each of the two youngest children born since January 1990, with particular focus on diarrhea and respiratory infections. The community data (Parts 41-60) supply information gathered from three knowledgeable individuals called "key informants" about occupations in the community, crops grown, wages, utilities and community services, and the history of the community. Parts 61-89 contain information regarding Health Posts (health care centers) through interviews conducted with key informants, doctors (Parts 72-80), and other health service providers (Parts 81-89), including traditional providers such as curers, midwives, and bone setters, regarding their practices, patients, referrals, fees, payment, and the use of specific treatments.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Household Interview: Household Roster Cover Page 
 DS2: Household Interview: Household Roster 
 DS3: Household Interview: Checks on Recent Residents 
 DS4: Household Interview: Roster of Recent Residents 
 DS5: Household Interview: Checks on Number of Eligible Women 
 DS6: Individuals: Respondent Cover Information, Sections A-D 
 DS7: Individuals: Household and Dwelling 
 DS8: Individuals: Background Data 
 DS9: Individuals: Birth Summary 
 DS10: Individuals: Birth History 
 DS11: Individuals: Children in Last 5 Years 
 DS12: Individuals: Prenatal Calendar--Kid 1 
 DS13: Individuals: Prenatal Providers Questions--Kid 1 
 DS14: Individuals: Prenatal Calendar--Kid 2 
 DS15: Individuals: Prenatal Providers Questions--Kid 2 
 DS16: Individuals: Morbidity Calendar--Kid 1 
 DS17: Individuals: Remedies, Providers, Inpatient--Kid 1 
 DS18: Individuals: Morbidity Calendar--Kid 2 
 DS19: Individuals: Remedies, Providers, Inpatient--Kid 2 
 DS20: Individuals: Contraceptive Use 
 DS21: Individuals: Marital History 
 DS22: Individuals: Social Support--Parents, Others 
 DS23: Individuals: Health Beliefs 
 DS24: Individuals: Community Structure 
 DS25: Individuals: Economic Situation--Health Insurance 
 DS26: Individuals: Respondent--Economic Activities, Last Two Weeks 
 DS27: Individuals: Respondent--Economic Activities, Last Year 
 DS28: Individuals: Spouse Economic Activities, Last Two Weeks 
 DS29: Individuals: Spouse Economic Activities, Last Year 
 DS30: Individuals: Other Household Members Who Worked Last Year 
 DS31: Individuals: Land and Housing 
 DS32: Individuals: Basic Consumption Items, Last Week 
 DS33: Individuals: Consumption Items Including Own Production 
 DS34: Individuals: Items Bought in Last Month/Last 12 Months 
 DS35: Individuals: Who Else Answered Household Economy Questions 
 DS36: Individuals: Contact Information 
 DS37: Individuals: Interview Notes 
 DS38: Anthropometry: Dates, Disposition 
 DS39: Anthropometry: Height/Weight 
 DS40: Spanish Text for Calendars, Roster 
 DS41: Key Informant: Cover Information 
 DS42: Key Informant: Information on Informant Farming 
 DS43: Key Informant: Three Crops Commonly Grown 
 DS44: Key Informant: Crop 1--Type of Work 
 DS45: Key Informant: Crop 2--Type of Work 
 DS46: Key Informant: Crop 3--Type of Work 
 DS47: Key Informant: Animals Raised for Sale 
 DS48: Key Informant: Items Commonly Produced 
 DS49: Key Informant: Factories in Community 
 DS50: Key Informant: Plantations in Community 
 DS51: Key Informant: Financial Institutions 
 DS52: Key Informant: Distances to Various Places 
 DS53: Key Informant: Sources of Water 
 DS54: Key Informant: Piped Water/Sewer/Trash Services 
 DS55: Key Informant: Important Community Events 
 DS56: Key Informant: Costs of Various Products 
 DS57: Key Informant: Migration/Transfer 
 DS58: Key Informant: Health Facility Listing 
 DS59: Key Informant: Individual Health Provider Listing 
 DS60: Key Informant: Interviewer Comment 
 DS61: Health Post: Cover Information 
 DS62: Health Post: Respondent Characteristics 
 DS63: Health Post: Type and Number of Employees 
 DS64: Health Post: Specific Employees--Service 
 DS65: Health Post: Hours of Operation 
 DS66: Health Post: Type of Service--Specific 
 DS67: Health Post: Payment Information 
 DS68: Health Post: Referrals 
 DS69: Health Post: Instrument Availability 
 DS70: Health Post: Medicine Availability 
 DS71: Health Post: Interviewer Comments 
 DS72: Doctors: Private Doctor/Clinic, Cover Information 
 DS73: Doctors: Respondent Characteristics 
 DS74: Doctors: Type of Employees/Practice Information 
 DS75: Doctors: Hours of Operation 
 DS76: Doctors: Types of Service 
 DS77: Doctors: Referrals 
 DS78: Doctors: Instrument Availability 
 DS79: Doctors: Medicine Availability 
 DS80: Doctors: Interviewer Comments 
 DS81: Others: Other Providers Cover Information 
 DS82: Others: Respondent/Practice Information 
 DS83: Others: Medicines Given to Pregnant Women 
 DS84: Others: Exams Given to Pregnant Women 
 DS85: Others: Pregnancy Complications 
 DS86: Others: Referrals/Payment 
 DS87: Others: Illnesses Seen by Provider 
 DS88: Others: Services Provided 
 DS89: Others: Interviewer Comments 
 DS90: Household Expenditure Measures 
 DS91: Community Median Unit Prices for Household Expenditure Measures 
 DS92: Individuals: Department and Municipality Codes 
 DS93: Codebook for All Parts (PDF) 
 DS94: English Questionnaires (PDF) 
 DS95: Spanish Questionnaires (PDF)
description: The logical record length data and data definition statements were extracted from SAS transport files, which are available from RAND.
Although the household and women's individual samples are approximately self-weighting within each of the four departments, the sample is not self-weighting across the four departments. See the documentation for additional details.
Questions regarding the data should be directed to RAND at the EGSF email address: egsf-supp@rand.org.
 Additional Guatemala-related publications may be found under the EGSF description on RAND's Family Life Surveys Web site.
description: Household heads and women between the ages of 18 and 35 in Guatemala.
description: Stratified clustered probability sample of households residing in four rural departments (geopolitical units) of Guatemala: Chimaltenango, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, and Jalapa. The sampling plan was based on a target of interviewing approximately 3,000 women aged 18-35 in 60 rural communities within the four departments. The sample of communities was drawn from communities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants within each of the departments.