Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS3) 2006, Third Round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-MICS3-2006-v1.1

Year

2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Government Of Ghana

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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Child had diarrhoea in last 2 weeks (Ca1)
File: Women

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 3468
Invalid: 6317
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 8

Questions and instructions

Literal question

CA1. Has (NAME) had diarrhoea in the last two
weeks, that is, since (DAY OF THE WEEK) of
the week before last?

Post question

DIARRHOEA IS DETERMINED AS PERCEIVED BY MOTHER
OR CARETAKER, OR AS THREE OR MORE LOOSE OR
WATERY STOOLS PER DAY, OR BLOOD IN STOOL.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	571	16.5%
2	No	2895	83.5%
8	Dk	2	0.1%
9	Missing	0	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.