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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Water present in observed handwashing place (W_HANDWASHWTR)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 473
End: 473
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
140. OBSERVE PRESENCE OF WATER AT THE PLACE FOR HAND WASHING.

RECORD OBSERVATION.

WATER IS AVAILABLE 1
WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No, water not available
1 Yes, water is available
6 Non-resident
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
HANDWASHWTR (HV230B) indicates whether the household's handwashing place has water present.

The information in HANDWASHWTR 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 when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

The related variable HWWATERTAP (HV231) indicates whether the household has a water faucet or tap for handwashing.

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