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/native of the head of household (HC1B)
File: Household

Overview

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

Valid cases: 5939
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 98

Questions and instructions

Universe

Individual

Literal question

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

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Asante	1117	18.8%
12	Fanti	728	12.3%
13	Akuapem	155	2.6%
14	Sefwi	56	0.9%
15	Brong	182	3.1%
16	Nzema	128	2.2%
21	Ga	219	3.7%
22	Dangme	204	3.4%
31	Ewe	757	12.7%
41	Guan	228	3.8%
51	Buli	91	1.5%
52	Mamprusi	106	1.8%
53	Frafra/Gruni	253	4.3%
54	Kassene	102	1.7%
55	Dagbani	283	4.8%
56	Wali/Dagari	440	7.4%
57	Sissala	102	1.7%
96	Other	780	13.1%
98	DK	8	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.