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Population and Housing Census 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2007
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ETH_2007_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of drinking water (ET2007A_0040)

Data file: ETH2007-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 166
End: 166
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section 5: Information on housing unit


4. What is the main source of drinking water for the members of this housing unit?

[] 1 Tap inside the house
[] 2 Tap in compound, private
[] 3 Tap in compound, shared
[] 4 Tap outside compound/from private tap, public tap, other organization (bought or free of charge)
[] 5 Protected well or spring
[] 6 Unprotected well or spring
[] 7 River/lake/pond
Categories
Value Category
1 Tap inside house
2 Tap in compound, private
3 Tap in compound, shared
4 Tap outside
5 Protected well or spring
6 Unprotected well or spring
7 River, lake, or pond
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
Question 4:- What is the main source of drinking water for the members of this housing unit?

The purpose of this question is to know the major source from which the household gets its drinking water. If the sources are more than one, the enumerator should further ask the respondent to identify the main one and he should mark the correct code among the possible alternatives given below.


1 = Tap inside the house
2 = Tap in compounded, private
3 = Tap in compounded, shared
4 = Tap outside the compound (from private tap, from public tap or other organizations paid or for free)
5 = Protected well or spring
6 = Unprotected well or spring
7 = River/lake/ pond.


N.B:- We call a well/spring protected if it satisfies the following.


-Its surrounding should be properly built by stone and cement
-If it is a well the building should be at least 2 - 4 meters deep in the ground and about 70 cm above the ground level.
-If it is a spring the building should go deeper until a rock or a strong soil as found to serve as the base of the building and the height of the building above the ground level can vary depending on the situations. It should however have an outlet pipe on one side of the building.
-The well/ spring must have a cover which is made of cement or any other strong material.
-There should be a properly made diversion to protect the will/ spring from any water flowing towards it.
-The distance mentioned above should be by far larger if such contaminating facilities are stalked in higher position reliance to the well/spring.


Thus, if the household gets its drinking water from well/spring satisfying the above points, the enumerator shall mark code 5. Unless it is tap water, any water fetched from rivers or lakes is generally considers as unprotected and code 6 marked. If the household is using tap water as the source of drinking water, the enumerator should ask the respondents as to where the tap is located and he, marks the appropriate answer from the given 4 alternatives. The enumerator should note that the water may be fetched from the source by using human labor or other means.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of drinking water.
Universe
Households that responded to the long form

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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