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

Access to latrine is defined in terms of the latrine that can be used by the majority of the household members, irrespective of whether it is being used or not. In this item information will be collected on whether the household’s latrine facility is for its exclusive use or shared with one or more households in the building or for use of households in the locality/specific section of people with and without payment or whether the household does not have access to any latrine. The codes relevant for this item are as follows:
exclusive use of household…………………………. 1
common use of households in the building ……….... 2
public/community latrine without payment ……….... 3
public/community latrine with payment..................... 4
others………………………………………………. 9
no latrine…………………………………………… 5