Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Sierra Leone, 2010

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Reference ID

SLE_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, Statistics Sierra Leone

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 23, 2013

Last modified

Sep 26, 2013

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

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 11394

Invalid: 529

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 140

End: 140

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	7587	66.6%
2	Not in dwelling/plot/yard	3151	27.7%
3	No permission to see	217	1.9%
6	Other reason	415	3.6%
9	Missing	24	0.2%

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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