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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Apr 16, 2009

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Child's weight (kilograms) (AN1)
File: Women

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 1
Range: 2.7-99.9

Valid cases: 3468
Invalid: 6317
Minimum: 2.7
Maximum: 99.9

Questions and instructions

Pre question

MODULE 8: ANTHROPOMETRY AN
AFTER QUESTIONNAIRES FOR ALL CHILDREN ARE COMPLETE, THE MEASURER WEIGHS AND MEASURES EACH CHILD.
RECORD WEIGHT AND LENGTH/HEIGHT BELOW, TAKING CARE TO RECORD THE MEASUREMENTS ON THE CORRECT
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR EACH CHILD. CHECK THE CHILD’S NAME AND LINE NUMBER ON THE HOUSEHOLD LISTING BEFORE
RECORDING MEASUREMENTS.

Literal question

AN1. Child’s weight.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
99.9	Missing	64	100.0%

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.