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

Study website

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Apr 16, 2009

Last modified

Mar 21, 2016

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Child measured lying or standing (AN2)
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

Literal question

AN2. Child’s length or height.

Post question

CHECK AGE OF CHILD IN UF11:
¨ CHILD UNDER 2 YEARS OLD. ð MEASURE LENGTH
(LYING DOWN).
¨ CHILD AGE 2 OR MORE YEARS. ð MEASURE HEIGHT
(STANDING UP).

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Lying down	1405	40.5%
2	Standing up	2012	58.0%
9	Missing	51	1.5%

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.