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

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

Socio-Economic/Household Survey Housing condition of the people is one of the very important indicators of the socio-economic development of the country. Statistical data on housing condition in qualitative and quantitative terms are needed periodically for an assessment of housing stock and formulation of housing policies and programmes. NSS therefore, started collecting data on housing condition of the dwelling units and basic housing amenities available to them from its 7th round (October 1953 - march 1954) to the 23rd round ( July 1968 - June 1969 ) with the exception in the 13th and 14th rounds.With bigger sample size, comprehensive surveys were carried out prior to the current one during t he NSS 28th round (1973-74), 44th round (1988-89) and 49th round (January-June 1993). After a gap of nearly ten years, the fourth survey in the series was conducted in the 58th round during July–December 2002. Continuing in the series,the NSS 65th round (July 2008-June 2009) was comprehensively dedicated to the all India survey on housing condition. The present survey on ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition’ (Schedule 1.2) conducted in NSS 69th round (July 2012- December 2012) designed to collect information on housing condition with wider coverage on the aspects of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.

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

In the present round, Schedule 1.2 on housing condition consists of 10 blocks. The blocks are as follows:

Block 0 : Descriptive identification of sample household.

Block 1 : Identification of sample household

Block 2 : Particulars of field operations

Block 3:household characteristics

Block 4:particulars of living facilities: drinking water, bathroom, sanitation, etc.

Block 5:housing characteristics and micro environment for the households living in houses

Block 6:particulars of the dwelling for the households living in houses

Block 7:some general particulars of the households living in houses

Block 8:remarks by investigators (FI/ASO)

Block 9:comments by supervisory officer(s)

The first three blocks, viz. Blocks 0, 1 and 2, are used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations, as is the common practice in usual NSS rounds. Similarly, the last two blocks, viz., Blocks 8 & 9 are again the usual blocks to record the remarks of investigator (FI/ASO) officer and comments by supervisory officer (s), respectively. Block 3 will be used for recording the household characteristics like household size, gender and age of the head of the household, highest level of education separately among the male and female members of the household, principal industry and occupation, religion, social group, household type, land possessed, tenurial status of dwelling, area type in which the dwelling unit is located, maximum distance to the place of work normally travelled by any earner of the household, monthly household consumer expenditure, amount spent and sources of finance for those households which have spent some amount on construction/first-hand purchase of houses/flats for residential purpose during last 365 days, etc. Block 4 will be used for recording the particulars of living facilities, such as principal source of drinking water, sufficiency of drinking water from principal source, facility of bathroom, access to bathroom, access to latrine, type of latrine, problems of flies/mosquitoes, specific types of illness of household members during last 30 days, availability of electricity for domestic use, etc. Particulars of housing characteristics and micro environment, such as plinth level, number of floors in the house, use of house, period since built, condition of structure, drainage system, household waste water disposal system, arrangement made for collection of garbage from house, etc., will be collected in Block 5. Block 6 is for collecting information on particulars of dwelling such as number of rooms, floor area of the dwelling, ventilation of the dwelling, total number of married couples in the household, number of married couples having separate room, kitchen type, floor type, wall type, roof type, monthly rent for hired accommodation, etc. In Block 7 information will be collected on duration of stay of the household in the present village or present slum/squatter settlement/ other areas of the town. Besides, some particulars regarding movement of the household to the present village or present slum/squatter settlement/ other areas of the town during the last 365 days will also be collected. For the households residing in slum/squatter settlement, information will also be collected in Block 7 on 'possession of documents by the head of the household that pertains to the residence status in the slum/squatter settlement', 'whether the household received any benefit as a slum/squatter settlement dweller', 'whether the household tried to move out of the slum/squatter settlement', etc.

The major changes in the coverage of present Schedule of enquiry compared to the schedule structure of NSS 65th round are outlined below:

1. Block 3 (household characteristics)

a)New items of information added are:

i.age of the head of the household,

ii.highest level of education among the members of the household, separately for males and females.

2. Block 4 (particulars of living facilities: drinking water, bathroom, sanitation, etc.)

a) The codes for collecting information on drinking water and sanitation facilities have been restructured to suit the data requirements of Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

b) For the households, whose principal source of drinking water is outside premises, additional information will be collected on:

i. who fetches drinking water,

ii. time taken, in a day, to reach the source of drinking water and back,

iii. waiting time, in a day, at the source of drinking water.

c) Questions have been added on:

i. quality of drinking water from the principal source,

ii. method of treatment of drinking water by the household,

iii. material of the main container in which drinking water is stored,

iv. how drinking water is taken out from the main container,

v. whether the household gets sufficient water throughout the year for all household activities (viz., drinking, cooking, washing, bathing, etc.)

vi. frequency of supply of water,

vii. whether water is metered,

viii. average amount of water charges paid (payable) per month to the delivery agency/organisation/office.

d) On the aspects of latrine facility, additional information will be collected on:

i. for the households which have access to latrine but are not using latrine, the reason for not using latrine,

ii. whether all household members of specified age groups are using latrine, separately for male and female.

e) Three questions have been added regarding the problem of flies and mosquitoes,

i. whether the household faced problem of flies/mosquitoes during last 365 days,

ii. whether any effort was made by the Local Bodies/State Government during last 365 days to tackle problem of flies/mosquitoes,

iii. whether any effort was made by the household during last 365 days to tackle problem of flies/mosquitoes.

f) Considering the impact of hygiene on health, information will be collected on whether any of the household member(s) have suffered from specified types of illness during last 30 days.

3. Block 5 (housing characteristics and micro environment)

a) Information on plinth area of the house will not be collected.

b) A new item on 'number of floor (s) in the house' has been added.

c) Questions on (i) 'household waste water disposal system', (ii) 'site where garbage is deposited after removal from the household' and (iii) 'frequency of garbage clearance from the

community dumping spot' have been added.

4. In Block 7 information will be collected on:

a) duration of stay of the household in the present village or present slum/squatter settlement/ other areas of the town,

b) some particulars regarding movement of the household to the present village or present slum/squatter settlement/ other areas of the town during the

last 365 days,

c) For the households residing in slum/squatter settlement, additional information will be collected on

i. possession of documents by the head of the household that pertains to the residence status in the slum/squatter settlement,

ii. whether the household received any benefit as a slum/squatter settlement dweller,

iii. whether the household tried to move out of the slum/squatter settlement and reasons for the same.

5. Detailed information on 'particulars of construction and repair for residential purpose' as was collected in NSS 65th round (through Block 7) will not

be collected. Instead, three items have been included in Block 3 (household characteristics) to collect information on 'amount spent' and 'sources of

finance' for those households which have spent some amount on construction/first-hand purchase of houses/flats for residential purpose during last

365 days.

Housing condition, Building, Flood risk, Approach Road, Dwelling, Living facilities, Building construction The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union.

The rural areas such as (i) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (ii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year were previously excluded from coverage. Henceforth, these areas will be covered in the survey after forming a State/UT level special stratum comprising these villages.

The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household

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