Group Water and sanitation

Variable(s)

# Name Label Type Format Valid Invalid Question
1 hh1 Cluster number Continuous numeric 4.0 18136 0  
2 ws1 Main source of drinking water Continuous numeric 2.0 17873 263 What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?
3 ws2 Main source of water used for other purposes (if bottled wat Continuous numeric 2.0 185 17951 What is the main source of water used by your household for other purposes such as cooking and handwashing?
4 ws3 Time to get water and come back Continuous numeric 3.0 3790 14346 How long does it take to go there, get water, and come back?
5 ws4 Person fetching water Continuous numeric 1.0 3389 14747 Who usually goes to this source to fetch the water for your household? Probe: Is this person under age 15? What sex?
6 ws5 Treat water to make safer for drinking Continuous numeric 1.0 17873 263 Do you treat your water in any way to make it safer to drink?
7 ws6a Boil Discrete character 1 794 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
8 ws6b Add bleach/chlorine Discrete character 1 540 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
9 ws6c Strain it through a cloth Discrete character 1 34 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
10 ws6d Use water filter Discrete character 1 231 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
11 ws6e Solar disinfection Discrete character 1 119 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
12 ws6f Let it stand and settle Discrete character 1 1697 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
13 ws6x Other Discrete character 1 50 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
14 ws6z DK Discrete character 1 10 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
15 ws7 Kind of toilet facility Continuous numeric 2.0 17873 263 What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? If "flush" or "pour flush", probe: Where does it flush to?
16 ws7a Toilet/sewage system working properly Continuous numeric 1.0 16349 1787 Is the sewage system around your house working properly or there are daily, weekly or less than weekly problems?
17 ws8 Toilet facility shared Continuous numeric 1.0 17482 654 Do you share this facility with other households?
18 ws9 Households using this toilet facility Continuous numeric 2.0 3577 14559 How many households in total use this toilet facility?
Generated: MAR-10-2008 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit