Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS3) 2006, Third Round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-MICS3-2006-v1.1

Year

2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Government Of Ghana

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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Data Description

Data File: Household

Content	All household members
Cases	5939
Variable(s)	251
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: Hh1 (Cluster number), Hh2 (Household number)
Version	Version 01 was the uploaded version without filling the literial questions in the variables Version 1.1 (September 2014 ) the literal questions provided with some editing done to study
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
Missing Data	Prior to 2008, missing data and not applicable data were left as blank. These values are not differentiated. The current policy is to identify the missing data as follows: -a coded value would be composed of 9s such that the entire length of the field is filled. For example a code of' '999' would be used for a missing field of three characters. -not applicable or skipped variables are left blank
Processing Checks	All files have been checked for the following: 1. All variables have been clearly defined and labelled 2. All categories (value labels) have been clearly defined 3. All cases have unique identification (no duplicates) 4. The frequencies of expected respondents checked with the actual section and inconsistencies noted. 5. Skip patterns have been verified 6. Structure edits have been performed

Variables

Name	Label	Question
Canoe	Canoe/boat without a motor	Canoe/Boat without a motor?

Agland	Household owns: agricultural land	Does any member of this household own any land that can be used for agriculture?

Cattle	Household owns: cattle	How many of the following animals does this household have? : Cattle

Bull	Household owns: cows or bull	How many of the following animals does this household have? : cows or bull

Horse	Household owns: horses, donkeys or mules	How many of the following animals does this household have? : Horses, Donkeys, or Mules

Goat	Household owns: goat	How many of the following animals does this household have? : Goats

Sheep	Household owns: sheep	How many of the following animals does this household have? : Sheep

Chicken	Household owns: chicken	How many of the following animals does this household have? : chicken

Watpdw	Has water piped into dwelling	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Piped into dwelling

Watpyd	Has water piped into yard/plot	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Piped into yard or plot

Watptap	Has public tap/standpipe for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Public tap/standpipe

Watbore	Has tubewell/borehole for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Borehole

Watpwell	Has protected well for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Protected well

Watuwell	Has unprotected well for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Unprotected well

Watpsprg	Has protected spring for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Spring

Watrain	Has rainwater for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Rainwater collection

Wattank	Has tanker truck for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Tanker-truck

Watcart	Has cart with small tank for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Cart with small tank/drum

Watrive	Has river/stream water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : River/stream)

Watpond	Has dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Dam/lake/pond/canal/

Watsach	Has sachet water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Sachet water

Watbott	Has bottled water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Bottled water

Watother	Has other specify	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Other (specify

Watchpdw	Has water piped into dwelling	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Piped into dwelling

Watchpyd	Has water piped into yard/plot	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Piped into yard or plot

Watchpta	Has public tap/standpipe for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Public tap/standpipe

Watchbor	Has tubewell/borehole for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Borehole

Watchpwe	Has protected well for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Protected well

Watchuwe	Has unprotected well for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Unprotected well

Watchpsp	Has protected spring for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Spring

Watchrai	Has rainwater for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Rainwater collection

Watchtan	Has tanker truck for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Tanker-truck

Watchcar	Has cart with small tank for water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Cart with small tank/drum

Watchriv	Has river/stream water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : River/stream

Watchpon	Has dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Dam/lake/pond/canal/

Watchsac	Has sachet water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Sachet water

Watchbot	Has bottled water	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Bottled water

Watchoth	Has other specify	What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? :Other (specify)

Wathoth	Derived variable

Sanfsew	Has flush to piped sewer system toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Flush to piped sewer system

Sanfsep	Has flush to septic system toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Flush to septic tank

Sanfpit	Has flush to pit latrine toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Flush to pit (latrine)

Sanvenpl	Has ventilated improved pit latrin (vip)	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Ventilated Improved Pit latrine (VIP)

Sanpitsb	Has pit latrine with slab toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Pit latrine with slab

Sanpit	Has pit latrine without slab toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Pit latrine without slab/open pit

Sanbuck	Has bucket toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Bucket

Sannone	Has bush/field/none toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : No facilities (bush/beach, etc)

Sanother	Has other (specify) toilet	What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? : Other (specify)

Wlthscor	Wealth index score	Wealth index score

Wlthind5	Wealth index quintiles	Wealth index quintiles

Helevel	Education of household head	Education of household head