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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What was done to dispose of the stools (Ca13)
File: Women

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 11-99

Valid cases: 2060
Invalid: 7725
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

CA13. The last time (NAME) passed stools, what was done to dispose of the stools?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Child used toilet/latrine	41	2.0%
12	Put/rinsed into toilet or latrine	696	33.8%
13	Put/rinsed into drain or ditch	339	16.5%
14	Thrown into garbage (solid waste)	540	26.2%
15	Buried	178	8.6%
16	Left in the open	58	2.8%
96	Other	178	8.6%
98	Dk	7	0.3%
99	Missing	23	1.1%

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.