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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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  • MDG2008-B.dat
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  • MDG2008-W.dat

Opinion on ways to treat water: Other (C_PTROTHER)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 469
End: 469
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
105A. In your opinion, what can someone do to make water safe to drink?
Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

BOIL A
ADD BLEACH/CHLORINE B
ADD THE PRODUCT "SUR'EAU" (A WATER PURIFICATION PRODUCT) C
STRAIN THROUGH A CLOTH D
USE WATER FILTER (CERAMIC/SAND/COMPOSITE/ETC.) E
SOLAR DISINFECTION F
LET IT STAND AND SETTLE G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
6 Non-resident
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
PTROTHER indicates whether the respondent mentioned, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" method to make water safe to drink. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific responses included for a given survey.

The information in PTROTHER is taken from the household record, linked to the record of the woman respondent. This information applies to household residents, not temporary visitors, so researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2").

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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