Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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Reference ID

VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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Main source of water .....? (s6bq17)

Data file: SCR06B1

Overview

Valid: 6002

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 53

End: 54

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you some questions about your dwelling. By dwelling I mean all the rooms and all the separate buildings used by your household.

Literal question

17. What is your household's main source of water for cooking and drinking?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Inside private tap	793	13.2%
2	Outside private tap	184	3.1%
3	Public standpipe	108	1.8%
4	Deep drill well with pump	758	12.6%
5	Hand dug well, constructed well	2033	33.9%
6	Filtered spring water	19	0.3%
7	Other well	594	9.9%
8	Rain water	577	9.6%
9	river, lake, pond	621	10.3%
10	Container water	8	0.1%
11	other	307	5.1%

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

Ask to record the code for 1 source of water used by the household in the last 12
months. Judgement is made in the following order of priority: Amount used, time used, distance
to the sources.
Private inside tap is defined as a water tap installed inside the house or secondary areas of
the house, serving their daily activities.
Private outside tap is defined as a water tap installed outside the house or secondary areas
of the house, serving their daily activities, but it is located within the residential area of the
household.

Question post text

if the answer code is 1 or 2 or 3 or 8 or 10, skip to the question 19

Description

Definition

asking about sources of water.

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