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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Reason birth not registered (BR3)
File: Children under 5 years

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 1737
Invalid: 1808
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9

Questions and instructions

Literal question

BR3. Why is (NAME) birth not registered?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Costs too much	485	27.9%
2	Must travel too far	336	19.3%
3	Did not know it should be registered	379	21.8%
4	Late, and did not want to pay fine	43	2.5%
5	Does not know where to register	201	11.6%
6	Other	217	12.5%
8	DK	64	3.7%
9	Missing	12	0.7%

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.