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 drinking water for the household (WS1)
File: Household

Overview

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

Valid cases: 5939
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 96

Definition

Data sets in this file contain both the individual and the household

Questions and instructions

Universe

Household

Literal question

WS1. What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Piped into dwelling	264	4.4%
12	Piped into yard or plot	451	7.6%
13	Public tap/standpipe	1363	22.9%
21	Borehole	1922	32.4%
31	Protected well	310	5.2%
32	Unprotected well	354	6.0%
41	Spring	32	0.5%
42	Rainwater collection	31	0.5%
51	Tanker-truck	52	0.9%
61	Cart with small tank/drum	0	0.0%
71	River/stream	645	10.9%
72	Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel	110	1.9%
81	Sachet water	318	5.4%
91	Bottled water	13	0.2%
96	Other	74	1.2%
99	Missing	0	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.