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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS3) 2006
Third Round

Ghana, 2006
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GHA-GSS-MICS3-2006-v1.1
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Sep 15, 2014
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Main source of drinking water (Ws1)

Data file: Children under 5 years

Overview

Valid: 3545
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 96
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 439
End: 440
Width: 2
Range: 11 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Main source of drinking water
Categories
Value Category Cases
11 Piped into dwelling 89
2.5%
12 Piped into yard or plot 172
4.9%
13 Public tap/standpipe 724
20.4%
21 Borehole 1372
38.7%
31 Protected well 177
5%
32 Unprotected well 230
6.5%
41 Spring 29
0.8%
42 Rainwater collection 12
0.3%
51 Tanker-truck 20
0.6%
61 Cart with small tank/drum 0
0%
71 River/stream 475
13.4%
72 Dam/lake/pond/canal/irrigation channel 90
2.5%
81 Sachet water 114
3.2%
91 Bottled water 3
0.1%
96 Other 38
1.1%
99 Missing 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.
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