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World Health Survey 2003

Malawi, 2003
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MWI_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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main source of drinking water (q4042)

Data file: WHS-Malawi_F5

Overview

Valid: 5271
Invalid: 35
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 887
End: 890
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the main source of drinking water for members of this household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Piped water through house connection or yard 324
6.1%
2 Public standpipe 1055
20%
3 Protected tube well or bore hole 2590
49.1%
4 Protected dug well or protected spring 277
5.3%
5 Unprotected dug well or spring 847
16.1%
6 Rainwater (into tank or cistern ) 10
0.2%
7 Water taken directly from pond-water or stream 168
3.2%
8 Tanker-truck, vendor 0
0%
Sysmiss 35
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
Show card to respondent --- see Appendix A4.5 of the Administration Guide.
If the answer is 1, then go to Q4045
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