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: Women

Overview

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

Valid cases: 8658
Invalid: 1127
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	143	1.7%
12	Piped into yard or plot	83	1.0%
13	Public tap/standpipe	2060	23.8%
21	Borehole	3184	36.8%
31	Protected well	646	7.5%
32	Unprotected well	728	8.4%
41	Spring	63	0.7%
42	Rainwater collection	27	0.3%
51	Tanker-truck	92	1.1%
61	Cart with small tank/drum	3	0.0%
71	River/stream	1261	14.6%
72	Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel	277	3.2%
81	Sachet water	0	0.0%
91	Bottled water	0	0.0%
96	Other	88	1.0%
99	Missing	3	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.