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

water treated with:settling (hhd_q103_06)

Data file: NCSS 2012 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 5436

invd 53

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What do you usually do to make the water safer to drink?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	18	0.3%
2	no	2191	40.3%
9	not applicable	3189	58.7%
9999995	missing:impute	38	0.7%
Sysmiss		53

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

PROBE: Anything else? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of Qs. 102 and 103 is to know whether the household drinking water is treated within the household and if so, what type of treatment is used. The type of treatment used at the household level provides an indication of the quality of the drinking water used in the household.

Definitions of Water Treatment Codes for Q. 103

Response Categories Definition

a) Boil Boiling or heating of water with fuel

b) Add bleach/chlorine Use of free chlorine to treat drinking water. Free chlorine may be in the form of liquid sodium hypochlorite, solid calcium hypochlorite, or bleaching powder

c) Strain it through a piece of cloth Pouring water through a cloth which acts as a filter for collecting particulates from the water

d) Using a water filter (ceramic/sand/composite/etc.)The water flows through a media to remove particles and at least some microbes from water. Media used in filtering systems usually include ceramic, sand and composite.

e) Solar disinfection Exposing water, which is stored in buckets, containers, or vessels, to sunlight

f) Let it stand and settle Holding or storing water undisturbed and without mixing long enough for larger particles to settle out or sediment by gravity

Description

Text

Household treats drinking water to make it safer to drink by allowing it to settle

Universe

All households where drinking water is treated to make it safer to drinking according to hhd_q102