Literal question
H10a Toilet facilities: What type of toilet is used by the household?
[] 1 W.C.
[] 2 Pit latrine
[] 3 KVIP
[] 4 Bucket/pan
[] 5 Toilet in another house (different house) (Go to H11)
[] 6 Public toilet (WC, KVIP, Pitt, pan etc.) (Go to H11)
[] 7 No facilities (bush/beach/field) (Go to H11)
[] 8 Other (specify) ________(Go to H11)
Interviewer instructions
H10a. Toilet facilities: What type of toilet is used by this household?
A toilet is an installation for the disposal of human excreta. The enumerator must find out the type of toilet facility that the household uses. If the response to this question (H10a) is any of the options from 05 to 07, skip question H10b and go to question H11.
1. Water closet (WC): Refers to flush toilet . A flush toilet is an installation connected with piped water, arranged for humans to discharge their wastes and from which the wastes are flushed by water.
2. Pit latrine: Refers to the deep pits which are used as latrines mainly in rural areas of the country. They are not ventilated i.e. no specific channels have been provided for fumes to escape.
3. KVIP: Means Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine. This is an improvement over the pit latrine, in that there has been an addition of a pipe that provides a channel for fumes to escape. All types of ventilated pit latrines are included in this category.
4. Bucket/pan: Refers to the type of latrine which consists of a pan/bucket and a seat. The pan/bucket is usually removed for disposal of the waste.
5. Toilet facility in another house (different house): Refers to the situation where the household being enumerated uses the toilet of other living quarters.
6. Public toilet (WC, KVIP, pit, pan, etc): Where members of the household use a communal or public facility.
7. No facility (bush, beach, field): This category applies where there is no toilet of any kind available for the use of the household as well as when the respondent answers that they use the bush, beach or field.
8. Other (specify)
