Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992

Reference ID

YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center

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HH treats water by: Distillation (W_TRDISTILL)

Data file: YEM1991-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 417

End: 417

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

37) How do you treat drinking water to purify it in your house?

BOILING 1
DISTILLATION 2
CHLORINATION 3
FILTRATION 4
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ 5
NO TREATMENT 6

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
6	Non-resident
7	Don't know
8	Missing

Description

Definition

TRDISTILL indicates whether the household treats drinking water by distillation. Distillation uses a heat source to vaporize water, separating pure water from contaminants with a higher boiling point and killing bacteria, and then channels the steam through tubes to condense into purified water. Unfortunately, distillation is not practical for areas with water scarcity, since typically only one gallon of distilled water remains for every five gallons of water treated.

The information in TRDISTILL is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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