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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Person fetching water (WS4)
File: Women

Overview

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

Valid cases: 8211
Invalid: 1574
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS4. Who usually goes to this source to fetch
the water for your household?

PROBE:
Is this person under age 15? What sex?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Adult woman	3760	45.8%
12	Adult man	194	2.4%
13	Female child (under 15)	186	2.3%
14	Male child (under 15)	119	1.4%
15	Children(both sexes)	723	8.8%
16	Adult woman + child(ren)	3050	37.1%
17	Adult man + child(ren)	59	0.7%
96	Other (specify)	109	1.3%
98	DK	10	0.1%
99	Missing	1	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.