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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Kind of toilet facility (WS7)
File: Household 2

Overview

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

Valid cases: 26329
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WS7. What kind of toilet facility do members of
your household usually use?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Flush to piped sewer system	447	1.7%
12	Flush to septic tank	1712	6.5%
13	Flush to pit (latrine)	511	1.9%
21	Ventilated Improved Pit latrine (VIP)	6532	24.8%
22	Pit latrine with slab	4310	16.4%
23	Pit latrine without slab/open pit	3190	12.1%
41	Bucket	166	0.6%
95	No facilities or bush or field	9430	35.8%
96	Other	26	0.1%
99	Missing	5	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.