Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-MICS-2011-v1.1

Year

2011

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous

Sponsor(s)

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Funding agency
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Funding agency
US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - - Provided funding
ICF Macro - - Provided funding

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Sep 15, 2014

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Main reasons for birth registration (BR2B)
File: children under 5 years

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 3003
Invalid: 4623

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the main reason why (name's) birth is not registered

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Costs too much	492	16.4%
2	Must travel too far	445	14.8%
3	Did not know it should be registered	696	23.2%
4	Did not want to pay fine	73	2.4%
5	Did not find it important	347	11.6%
6	Do not know where to register	365	12.2%
7	Other (specify)	493	16.4%
8	DK	92	3.1%
Sysmiss		4623

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.