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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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 1.0
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

agland	Household owns: agricultural land	HC11. Does any member of this household own any land that can be used for agriculture?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

watpyd	Has water piped into yard/plot	wateryd. 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	watptap. What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Public tap/standpipe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

watchpyd	Has water piped into yard/plot	watchpyd. 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	watchpta. What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? : Public tap/standpipe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

wathoth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

wlthscor	Wealth index score	wlthscor. Wealth index score

wlthind5	Wealth index quintiles	wlthind5. Wealth index quintiles

helevel	Education of household head	helevel. Education of household head