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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Main source of drinking water (WS1)
File: Household 2

Overview

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

Valid cases: 26329
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 96

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS1. What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Piped into dwelling	1082	4.1%
12	Piped into yard or plot	1875	7.1%
13	Public tap/standpipe	5339	20.3%
21	Borehole	9470	36.0%
31	Protected well	1439	5.5%
32	Unprotected well	1690	6.4%
41	Spring	168	0.6%
42	Rainwater collection	126	0.5%
51	Tanker-truck	229	0.9%
61	Cart with small tank/drum	10	0.0%
71	River/stream	2944	11.2%
72	Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel	563	2.1%
81	Sachet water	1041	4.0%
91	Bottled water	40	0.2%
96	Other	313	1.2%
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.