Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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What type of toilet facilities (q4045)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 3914
Invalid: 24

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of toilet facilities does your household use?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Flush to piped sewage system	304	7.8%
2	Flush to septic tank	198	5.1%
3	Pour flush latrine	16	0.4%
4	Covered dry latrine (with privacy)	1364	34.8%
5	Uncovered dry latrine (without privacy)	712	18.2%
6	Bucket latrine (where fresh excreta are manually removed)	81	2.1%
7	No facilities (open defecation)	1047	26.8%
8	Other	192	4.9%
Sysmiss		24

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.

Interviewer instructions

Show card to respondent --- see Appendix A4.6 of the Administration Guide