Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-MICS-2011-v1.1

Year

2011

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous

Sponsor(s)

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Funding agency
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Funding agency
US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - - Provided funding
ICF Macro - - Provided funding

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Sep 15, 2014

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Type of marriage (MU1A)
File: Men

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-99

Valid cases: 1487
Invalid: 2024

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Type of marriage

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Consensual union	55	3.7%
2	Customary marriage only	988	66.4%
3	Customary and religious	320	21.5%
4	Civil marrage only	8	0.5%
5	Customary and civil	30	2.0%
6	Customary, religious and civil	38	2.6%
7	Betrothed	10	0.7%
96	Other	9	0.6%
98	DK	29	2.0%
99	Missing	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		2024

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.