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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Type of fuel maily used for cooking (HC6)
File: Household

Overview

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

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question

HC6. What type of fuel does your household
mainly use for cooking?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Electricity	7	0.1%
21	Liquefied Petrolium Gas (LPG)	541	9.1%
22	Biogas	5	0.1%
23	Kerosene	34	0.6%
31	Charcoal	1735	29.2%
32	Wood	3354	56.5%
41	Crop residue/sawdust	92	1.5%
51	Animal waste	0	0.0%
61	None,no cooking	170	2.9%
96	Other	1	0.0%
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.