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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Is there a vaccination card for child? (IM1)
File: Children under 5 years

Overview

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

Valid cases: 3468
Invalid: 77
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9

Questions and instructions

Pre question

IF AN IMMUNIZATION CARD IS AVAILABLE, COPY THE DATES IN IM2-IM8 FOR EACH TYPE OF IMMUNIZATION OR VITAMIN A
DOSE RECORDED ON THE CARD. IM10-IM18 ARE FOR RECORDING VACCINATIONS THAT ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE CARD.
IM10-IM18 WILL ONLY BE ASKED WHEN A CARD IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Literal question

IM1. Is there a vaccination card for (NAME)?

Post question

(a) COPY DATES FOR EACH VACCINATION FROM THE
CARD.
(b) WRITE ‘44’ IN DAY COLUMN IF CARD SHOWS THAT
VACCINATION WAS GIVEN BUT NO DATE
RECORDED.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes, seen	2560	73.8%
2	Yes, not seen	660	19.0%
3	No	246	7.1%
9	Missing	2	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.