Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

household's main source of drinking water-expanded for ncss2 (hhd_q101_exp)

Data file: NCSS 2012 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 5437

invd 52

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 10 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
10	water seller/vendor	586	10.8%
11	piped:to dwelling	219	4%
12	piped:to compound/plot	1257	23.1%
13	piped:public tap/standpipe	3115	57.3%
14	piped:unspecified	0	0%
21	well:in residence/plot	45	0.8%
22	well:public	128	2.4%
23	tube well water	0	0%
24	tube well/borehole	3	0.1%
25	dug well (open/protected)	0	0%
26	protected well	0	0%
27	unprotected well	0	0%
31	surface:river/stream	6	0.1%
32	surface:pond/lake	2	0%
33	surface:unspecified	0	0%
41	rainwater	0	0%
51	bottled water	44	0.8%
61	tanker	0	0%
71	neighbour	2	0%
96	other	5	0.1%
9999995	missing:impute	25	0.5%
Sysmiss		52

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of this question is to assess the cleanliness of the household drinking water by asking about the household's main source of water. If drinking water is obtained from several sources, probe to determine the source from which the household obtains the majority of its drinking water. If the source varies by season, record the main source used at the time of interview.

Definitions of Water Source Codes for Q. 101 Response Categories Definition

a) Piped into dwelling Pipe connected with in-house plumbing to one or more taps, e.g. in the kitchen and bathroom; sometimes called a house connection.

b) Piped water to compound/plot Pipe connected to a tap outside the house in the yard or plot; sometimes called a yard connection.

c) Public tap or standpipe A public water point from which community members may collect water. A standpipe may also be known as a public fountain or public tap. Public standpipes can have one or

d) more taps and are typically made of brickwork, masonry or concrete.

e) Well on residence/plot; public well A deep hole that has been driven, bored or drilled with the purpose of reaching ground water supplies. Water is delivered through a pump which may be human, animal, wind, electric, diesel or solar-powered. The two categories differ on location with the first being more of a private well while the other is public.

f) Rainwater Rain that is collected or harvested from surfaces by roof or ground catchment and stored in a container, tank or cistern.

g) Surface water Water located above ground and includes rivers, dams, lakes, ponds, streams, canals, and irrigation channels.

h) Bottled water Water that is bottled and sold to the household in bottles

Description

Text

Household's main source of drinking water (expanded for NCSS 2012)

Universe

All households