India - Housing Condition Survey, July 2008- June 2009, NSS 65th Round

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-65Rnd-Sch1dot2-2008-09

Year

2008 - 2009

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

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

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Type of latrine (B4_q9)
File: Block-4-Household living facilities-records

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 88494
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Check code in Q.8. If it is 1 to 3, ask this question

Literal question

If code 1, 2 or 3 in item 8, type of latrine

Post question

Skip this question otherwise

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Service	2817	3.2%
2	Pit	24547	27.7%
3	septic tank/flush	57223	64.7%
4	Not known	733	0.8%
9	Other latrine	3174	3.6%

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

For the households who have access to latrine (i.e., if entry is 1, 2 or 3 in item 8), the type of latrine used by the household will be recorded in codes.A latrine connected to underground sewerage system is called flush system latrine. A latrine connected to underground septic chambers will be considered as a septic tank latrine. A latrine connected to a pit dug in earth is called a pit latrine. In a few areas, one may still come across latrines that are serviced by scavengers. These are called service latrines. Appropriate code of the type of latrine used by the household will be entered in item 9.