Group Water and sanitation

Variable(s)

# Name Label Type Format Valid Invalid Question
1 WS1 Main source of drinking water Discrete numeric 2.0 8730 1223 What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?
2 WS2 Main source of water used for other purposes (if bottled wat Discrete numeric 2.0 429 9524 What is the main source of water used by your household for other purposes such as cooking and handwashing?
3 WS3 Time to get water and come back Continuous numeric 3.0 1677 8276 How long does it take to go there, get water, and come back?
4 WS4 Person fetching water Discrete numeric 1.0 522 9431 Who usually goes to this source to fetch the water for your household? Probe: Is this person under age 15? What sex?
5 WS5 Treat water to make safer for drinking Discrete numeric 1.0 8730 1223 Do you treat your water in any way to make it safer to drink?
6 WS6A Boil Discrete character 1 163 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
7 WS6B Add bleach/chlorine Discrete character 1 60 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
8 WS6C Strain it through a cloth Discrete character 1 2 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
9 WS6D Use water filter Discrete character 1 144 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
10 WS6E Solar disinfection Discrete character 1 0 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
11 WS6F Let it stand and settle Discrete character 1 28 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
12 WS6X Other Discrete character 1 86 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
13 WS6Z DK Discrete character 1 8 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
14 WS7 Kind of toilet facility Discrete numeric 2.0 8730 1223 What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? If "flush" or "pour flush", probe: Where does it flush to?
15 WS8 Toilet facility shared Discrete numeric 1.0 8633 1320 Do you share this facility with other households?
16 WS9 Households using this toilet facility Continuous numeric 2.0 505 9448 How many households in total use this toilet facility?
17 WS1 Main source of drinking water Discrete numeric 2.0 33273 0 What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?
18 WS2 Main source of water used for other purposes (if bottled wat Discrete numeric 2.0 1491 31782 What is the main source of water used by your household for other purposes such as cooking and handwashing?
19 WS3 Time to get water and come back Continuous numeric 3.0 6844 26429 How long does it take to go there, get water, and come back?
# Name Label Type Format Valid Invalid Question
20 WS4 Person fetching water Discrete numeric 1.0 2085 31188 Who usually goes to this source to fetch the water for your household? Probe: Is this person under age 15? What sex?
21 WS5 Treat water to make safer for drinking Discrete numeric 1.0 33273 0 Do you treat your water in any way to make it safer to drink?
22 WS6A Boil Discrete character 1 590 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
23 WS6B Add bleach/chlorine Discrete character 1 272 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
24 WS6C Strain it through a cloth Discrete character 1 5 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
25 WS6D Use water filter Discrete character 1 489 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
26 WS6E Solar disinfection Discrete character 1 0 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
27 WS6F Let it stand and settle Discrete character 1 80 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
28 WS6X Other Discrete character 1 330 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
29 WS6Z DK Discrete character 1 18 0 What do you usually do to the water to make it safer to drink? Anything else?
30 WS7 Kind of toilet facility Discrete numeric 2.0 33273 0 What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? If "flush" or "pour flush", probe: Where does it flush to?
31 WS8 Toilet facility shared Discrete numeric 1.0 32864 409 Do you share this facility with other households?
32 WS9 Households using this toilet facility Continuous numeric 2.0 1981 31292 How many households in total use this toilet facility?
33 CA13 What was done to dispose of the stools Discrete numeric 2.0 2293 1545 The last time (name) passed stools, what was done to dispose of the stools?
Generated: MAR-07-2008 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit