Literal question
Form B: household questionnaire - part 4: housing conditions and facilities
Part 4 need not be filled in for institutional and homeless households, and for boat and transient population.
6. Location of drinking water source:
[] 1 Within the premises
[] 2 Near the premises
[] 3 Away
Interviewer instructions
Filling in of Form B Household Questionnaire Part 4 : Housing Conditions and Facilities
121. This part of the questionnaire on housing conditions of the household has to be filled in after completing the main household questionnaire (Form B Parts 2 and 3). This part should be completed with
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the assistance of the head of the household or any responsible member of the household.
122. In cases where within a household, members use a variety of facilities, probe to establish the facility used by the majority of household members and record it for the household. For example, if the members of a household use more than one source of light you should record the main source of light used by the majority of members.
123. Please note that in this part for Columns 1 to 7, 18 and 19, you are required to write only the code corresponding to the appropriate answer in the square provided at the bottom of each column. Under no circumstances you should write more than one code for each question.
Column 6: Location of drinking water source
129. Having ascertained the main source of drinking water for the household in Column 5 you have to find out where that source is located. If it is within premises give Code 1 in the square, if near the premises give Code 2, or if away from the premises give Code 3. "Near the premises" refers to a walking distance of about five minutes. "Away" is more than such a distance.
