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 material of wall (HC5)
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

HC5. Main material of the walls.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	palm leaves/thach(gras) raffia	174	0.7%
21	Mud/mud brick/earth	15303	58.1%
31	Bamboo	51	0.2%
32	Wood	215	0.8%
41	metal sheet or slate/asbestos	80	0.3%
51	Landcrete	322	1.2%
61	Burnt bricks	230	0.9%
71	Cement blooks/concrete	9914	37.7%
72	Stone	11	0.0%
96	Other	11	0.0%
99	Missing	18	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.