WASH factors | Type of variable & category | Survey question | Description |
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Toilet facility | Categorical data, categorised as “Improved”, “Unimproved” or “Open defecation” | What kind of toilet facility do members of your household usually use? (verify by observation) | Based on the WHO/UNICEF JMP definition, toilet facilities would be considered improved if they were any of the following types: flush/pour flush toilets to piped sewer systems, septic tanks, and pit latrines; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines; pit latrines with slabs; and composting toilets. Unimproved toilet facilities included: flush or pour-flush to elsewhere; pit latrine without a slab or open pit; bucket; hanging toilet og latrine. Other facilities, including households with no facility or use of bush/field, were considered open defecation. |
Source of drinking water | Categorical data, categorised as “Improved”, or “Unimproved” | What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household? | Improved drinking water sources include piped water, public taps, standpipes, tube wells, boreholes, protected dug wells and springs, and rainwater. Other sources of drinking water are regarded as unimproved. |
Child stool disposal | Binary data, categorised as “Safe” or “Unsafe” | The last time (NAME OF YOUNGEST CHILD living with the respondent) passed stool, what was done to dispose of the stool? | A child’s stool was considered to be disposed of “safely” when the child used a latrine/ toilet or child’s stool was put/rinsed into a toilet/latrine, whereas other methods were considered “unsafe”. |
Household flooring | Binary data, categorised as “Improved” or “Unimproved” | Observe the main material of the floor of the dwelling. Record observation | Household floors are considered to be unimproved if it is natural floor (earth/sand, dung), rudimentary floor (wood planks, palm/bamboo), and finished floor (parquet or polished wood, vinyl or asphalt strips/plastic tile, ceramic tiles, cement, carpet) were considered as improved. |
Time to obtain drinking water (round trip) | Categorical data, categorised as “On-premises”, “≤ 30 min round-trip fetching times”, “31–60 min round-trip fetching times”, and “ over 60 min round-trip fetching times” | How long does it take to go there, get water, and come back? | Time to obtain drinking water (round trip) was categorised as water on premises; up to 30 min, 31–60 min or over 60 min. |