Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Suriname, 2010

Reference ID

SUR_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing, General Bureau of Statistics, Institute for Social Research

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Jan 06, 2014

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Jan 06, 2014

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Place where household members most often wash their hands (HW1)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 7407

Invalid: 1949

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 141

End: 141

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please show me where members of your household most often wash their hands.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Observed	5227	70.6%
2	Not in dwelling/plot/yard	1152	15.6%
3	No permission to see	566	7.6%
6	Other reason	452	6.1%
9	Missing	10	0.1%
Sysmiss		1949

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

You will begin by asking whether you may see the place where household members most often wash their hands. If the respondent agrees and you observe the facility, circle '1'. If there is no specific place in dwelling, plot, or yard, circle '2' and skip to HW4. If there is a place but permission is not granted to see it, circle '3'and skip to HW4. If the place used for handwashing is not observed for any other reason, circle '6' and skip to HW4.

In many cultures and crowded slum areas there may not be a designated place for hand-washing. Rather a movable object is used, like a bucket, basin, container or kettle, for people to wash or rinse their hands. Recording where such movable object is usually used for hand washing is important.

Description

Source of information

Head of household or other responsible household member

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