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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Household disposal of solid waste (WS10)
File: Women

Overview

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

Valid cases: 9785
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS10. How does your household dispose of
refuse (solid waste)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Collected	419	4.3%
21	Dump into public container	1402	14.3%
22	Public dump	3276	33.5%
23	Dump elsewhere	3459	35.4%
31	Burned by household	644	6.6%
32	Buried by household	331	3.4%
96	Other	246	2.5%
99	Missing	8	0.1%

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.