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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Apr 16, 2009

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Mother tongue of head (HC1B)
File: Women

Overview

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

Valid cases: 9785
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 98

Questions and instructions

Literal question

HC1B. What is the mother tongue/native
language of the head of this household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Asante	1574	16.1%
12	Fanti	1115	11.4%
13	Akuapem	262	2.7%
14	Sefwi	87	0.9%
15	Brong	300	3.1%
16	Nzema	172	1.8%
21	Ga	311	3.2%
22	Dangme	344	3.5%
31	Ewe	1187	12.1%
41	Guan	396	4.0%
51	Buli	160	1.6%
52	Mamprusi	191	2.0%
53	Frafra/Gruni	441	4.5%
54	Kassene	169	1.7%
55	Dagbani	521	5.3%
56	Wali/Dagari	825	8.4%
57	Sissala	197	2.0%
96	Other	1521	15.5%
98	DK	12	0.1%
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.