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

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-54Rnd-Sch31-Jan1998-June1998

Year

1998

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

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latrine type(B5_q20)
File: Block 5_Sanitation and hygiene

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 110265
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of latrine is used by the majority of the household members?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No	67942	61.6%
2	Service latrine	4892	4.4%
3	Septic tank	17403	15.8%
4	Pout flush pit	5203	4.7%
5	Sewerage system	7240	6.6%
9	Others	7585	6.9%

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.

Interviewer instructions

This refer to the latrine used by the majority of the household members. Similarly, items 22 to 25 refer to the latrine used by the majority of the household members do not use any latrine. In case more than one kind of latrine is used by household members, the one most commonly used will be considered for making the entry. The codes are:

No ...........................................1
Service latrine ..........................2
Septic tank ..............................3
Pout flush pit ...........................4
Sewerage system .....................5
Others .....................................9

“Service latrine” refers to the non-sanitary larine where the excreta accumulate at the excretion spot and have to be physically removed from time to time.