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World Health Survey 2003

Mauritania, 2003
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MRT_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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Oct 17, 2013
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main source of drinking water (q4042)

Data file: WHS-Mauritania_F5

Overview

Valid: 3634
Invalid: 208
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 890
End: 893
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the main source of drinking water for members of this household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Piped water through house connection or yard 709
19.5%
2 Public standpipe 802
22.1%
3 Protected tube well or bore hole 339
9.3%
4 Protected dug well or protected spring 467
12.9%
5 Unprotected dug well or spring 763
21%
6 Rainwater (into tank or cistern ) 49
1.3%
7 Water taken directly from pond-water or stream 140
3.9%
8 Tanker-truck, vendor 365
10%
Sysmiss 208
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
Show card to respondent --- see Appendix A4.5 of the Administration Guide.
If the answer is 1, then go to Q4045
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