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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How does the household dispose of solid waste? (WS10)
File: Household

Overview

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

Valid cases: 5939
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Universe

Household

Literal question

WS10. How does your household dispose of refuse (solid waste)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Collected	260	4.4%
21	Dump into public container	904	15.2%
22	Public dump	2134	35.9%
23	Dump elsewhere	1939	32.6%
31	Burned by household	378	6.4%
32	Buried by household	156	2.6%
96	Other	161	2.7%
99	Missing	7	0.1%

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.