India - Common Property Resources, Sanitation Hygiene Services: NSS 54th Round, Schedule 31, January 1998 - June 1998

The codes are :


Though tap ................................................................1
Poured out ...............................................................2
Vessel with handle dipped into take out water ............3
Vessel; without handle dipped in to take out water......4

This item will be left blank for households with code 9 (no storage) in item 14. If the main container is filled with a tap from which water flows out, the entry in item 15 will be 1. If household members take out water for drinking the container using a vessel (scoop or cup or mug) with a handle, so that the hand or fingers of the person holding the vessel do not touch the water in the main container, then code 3 will be entered in item 15. If household members use a vessel without a handle (say, a glass tumbler), dipping it into the main container o take out water, then code 4 will be entered. Code 2 will be entered if water is poured out from the main container (no cup/mug/glass being dipped into the main container to take out water).