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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Apr 16, 2009

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Data Description

Data File: Men

Content	All men between 15 and 49 years
Cases	11694
Variable(s)	723
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: HH1 (Cluster number), HH2 (Household number), LN (Line number)
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
AN2	Child measured lying or standing	AN2. Child's length or height.

AN2A	Child's length or height	AN2A. Child's length or height.

AN3	Measurer's identification code	AN3. Measurer's identification code.

AN4	Result of measurement	AN4. Result of measurement.

haz	HAZ	haz. HAZ

hap	HAP	hap. HAP

ham	HAM	ham. HAM

waz	WAZ	waz. WAZ

wap	WAP	wap.WAP

wam	WAM	wam. WAM

whz	WHZ	whz. WHZ

whp	WHP	whp. WHP

whm	WHM	whm. WHM

flag	FLAG	flag. FLAG

HL4	Sex	HL4. Sex

ED3A	Highest level of school attended	ED3A. Highest level of school attended

chweight	Children's sample weight	ED3A. Children's sample weight

cmcdoic	Date of interview child (CMC)	cmcdoic. Date of interview child (CMC)

cdob	Date of birth (CMC)	cdob. cmcdoic

cage	Age (months)	cage. AGE (MONTHS)

cage_6	Age	cage_6. AGE

cage_11	Age	cage_11.AGE

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