Interviewer instructions
Question 5:- What type of toilet facility does the housing unit have?
In this question, the interest is to know the type of toilet facility that the housing units have and also to know the distribution of housing units that do not have such facilities. It is a known fact that the availability of toilet faculty is a very crucial element to prevent and control disease transmission and to improve the health status of the society. The data generated from this question can thus be used as an important health indicator.
Therefore, the enumerator shall mark the appropriate code from the given choice if a housing unit has both pit latrine and a toilet with flush, the enumerator should mark the code given for a toilet with flush. In addition, if a toilet facility is no more functioning for various reasons and it is not in a position to be maintained and put back to service then the housing unit is considered as not having the facility.
1 = No toilet facility
2 = Toilet with flush
3 = Pit latrine, ventilated
4 = Pit latrine, without ventilation
N.B
Toilet faculty with flush is one that let the waste to be swept away by water to the pit.
Ventilated pit latrine (VIP) is one with additional out let for the release of gas.
