Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2006, MICS Round 1

Reference ID

DDI-GHA-GSS-MICS-2006-v1.0

Year

2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Financial and technical assistance
(US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR - Financial and technical assistance
Dutch Government - - Financial and technical assistance

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Main source of drinking water (WS1)
File: Women

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 11-99

Valid cases: 9785
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 96

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS1. What is the main source of drinking water
for members of your household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Piped into dwelling	416	4.3%
12	Piped into yard or plot	711	7.3%
13	Public tap/standpipe	2132	21.8%
21	Borehole	3368	34.4%
31	Protected well	516	5.3%
32	Unprotected well	590	6.0%
41	Spring	61	0.6%
42	Rainwater collection	38	0.4%
51	Tanker-truck	83	0.8%
61	Cart with small tank/drum	3	0.0%
71	River/stream	1090	11.1%
72	Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel	232	2.4%
81	Sachet water	415	4.2%
91	Bottled water	18	0.2%
96	Other	112	1.1%
99	Missing	0	0.0%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.