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 water used for other purposes (if bottled wat (WS2)
File: Household 2

Overview

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

Valid cases: 23372
Invalid: 2957
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS2. What is the main source of water used by your household for other purposes such as cooking and handwashing?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Piped into dwelling	344	1.5%
12	Piped into yard or plot	203	0.9%
13	Public tap/standpipe	5136	22.0%
21	Borehole	8894	38.1%
31	Protected well	1777	7.6%
32	Unprotected well	2127	9.1%
41	Spring	168	0.7%
42	Rainwater collection	66	0.3%
51	Tanker-truck	245	1.0%
61	Cart with small tank/drum	9	0.0%
71	River/stream	3469	14.8%
72	Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel	682	2.9%
81	Sachet water	0	0.0%
91	Bottled water	0	0.0%
96	Other	245	1.0%
99	Missing	7	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.