Drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition : NSS 69th Round : July 2012- Dec 2012

India, 2014

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-69Rnd-Sch1dot2-2012

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National Sample Survey Office

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Quality of drinking water (b4_q9)

Data file: Block - 4 Particulars of living facilities - drinking water, bathroom, sanitation etc - level 4

Overview

Valid: 95510

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 61

End: 61

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Quality of drinking water from the principal source

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	bad in taste	2637	2.8%
2	bad in smell	1082	1.1%
3	bad in taste and smell	2341	2.5%
4	bad due to other reasons	5538	5.8%
5	no defect	83912	87.9%

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.

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Definition

Quality of drinking water as reported by the informant will be recorded in terms of the following codes:
bad in taste...............................1
bad in smell..............................2
bad in taste and smell...............3
bad due to other reasons...........4
no defect...................................5

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