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World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003
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LKA_2003_WHS_v01_M
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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What type of toilet facilities (q4045)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F5

Overview

Valid: 6704
Invalid: 28
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 900
End: 903
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What type of toilet facilities does your household use?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Flush to piped sewage system 249
3.7%
2 Flush to septic tank 1804
26.9%
3 Pour flush latrine 2769
41.3%
4 Covered dry latrine (with privacy) 666
9.9%
5 Uncovered dry latrine (without privacy) 376
5.6%
6 Bucket latrine (where fresh excreta are manually removed) 16
0.2%
7 No facilities (open defecation) 638
9.5%
8 Other 186
2.8%
Sysmiss 28
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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Show card to respondent --- see Appendix A4.6 of the Administration Guide
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