Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

The sample for the MICS 2006 was designed to provide estimates on a large number of indicators on the health status of women, men, and children at the national level, for urban and rural areas, as well as for the 10 administrative regions in the country.

The list of enumeration areas (EAs) from the 2010 Ghana Population and Housing Census (PHC) served as a frame for the MICS sample. The frame was first stratified into the 10 administrative regions in the country, then into urban and rural EAs.


No deviation from the original sample design was made


Of the 12,150 households selected for the sample, 11,970 were contacted for interviews. Of these, 11,92 5were interviewed, giving a response rate of about 100 percent. In the households interviewed, 10,963
women aged 15–49 years were identi?ed. Of these, 10,627 were duly interviewed, producing a response rate of 97 per cent. Concerning children under the age of 5 years, 7,626 were identi?ed, for whom responses
were obtained from their mother or caregiver in 7,550 complete interviews, giving a response rate of 99 percent. For the male survey, 3,511 men aged 15-59 years were identi?ed, and 3,321 successfully interviewed,
yielding a response rate of 95 percent.


Sample weights were appended to all data sets and analyses were performed by weighting each household, woman, man or under-5 with these sample weights.
Household sample weight is hhweight
Women's sample weight is wmweight
Children's sample weight is chweight
Men's sample weight is mnweight