Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q0508: Toilet facilities (q0508)
File: GhanaHHData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 33
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-98

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of toilet facility do members of your household usually use?

(Use pictorials in Appendix A0500B )

If respondent indicates “flush” or “pour flush”, probe:
Where does it flush to?

Post question

1 Flush/pour flush to piped sewer system
2 Flush/pour flush to septic tank
3 Flush/pour flush to pit latrine
4 Flush/pour flush to other location
5 Flush/pour flush to unknown place/not sure
6 Ventilated improved pit latrine (VIP)
7 Pit latrine with slab
8 Pit latrine without slab/open pit
9 Composting toilet
10 Bucket latrine
11 Hanging toilet/hanging latrine
12 No facilities or bush or field …………….è Q510
87 Other, specify:

Categories

Value	Category
1	Flush/pour to piped sewage system
2	Flush/pour to septic tank
3	Flush/pour to pit latrine
4	Flush/pour to other location
5	Flush/pour to unknown
6	Ventilation improved pit latrine
7	Pit with slab
8	Pit witout slap/open
9	Composting toilet
10	Bucket
11	Hanging toilet/latrine
12	No facilities (bush, field)
87	Other, specify
88	Don't know
98	Not applicable

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.