Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

St. Lucia, 2012

Reference ID

LCA_2012_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, Central Statistics Office, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 1718

Invalid: 291

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 134

End: 134

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	1540	89.6%
2	Not in dwelling/plot/yard	53	3.1%
3	No permission to see	70	4.1%
6	Other reason	55	3.2%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		291

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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