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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Person who fetches water for the household (WS4)
File: Household

Overview

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

Valid cases: 4934
Invalid: 1005
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Universe

Household

Literal question

WS4. Who usually goes to this source to fetch the water for your household?

Post question

WS4.Is this person under age 15? What sex?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Adult woman	2066	41.9%
12	Adult man	687	13.9%
13	Female child (under 15)	162	3.3%
14	Male child (under 15)	102	2.1%
15	Children(both sexes)	440	8.9%
16	Adult woman + child(ren)	1314	26.6%
17	Adult man + child(ren)	58	1.2%
96	Other (specify)	95	1.9%
98	DK	7	0.1%
99	Missing	3	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.