Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Namibia, 2013

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NAM_2013_DHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet (v465)

Data file: REC42

Overview

Valid: 3212

Invalid: 6806

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 32

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

Respondents with children under 5 living with them.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Used toilet/latrine	318	9.9%
2	Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine	307	9.6%
3	Put/rinsed into drain or ditch	190	5.9%
4	Throw into garbage	836	26%
5	Buried	992	30.9%
6	Rinse away	0	0%
7	Use disposable diapers	0	0%
8	Use washable diapers	0	0%
9	Left in the open/not disposed of	405	12.6%
96	Other	133	4.1%
99		31	1%
Sysmiss		6806

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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Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet.

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