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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Water safe befor boilling (s6bq20)

Data file: SCR06B1

Overview

Valid: 6002

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 57

End: 57

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

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

20. In your opinion is this source of cooking/drinking water safe before boiling it?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	5374	89.5%
2	No	628	10.5%

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 about the opinion of the respondent towards whether water used for their daily
activities is clean before boiling it. If the water is clean, but the respondent reports that it is not
clean or vice-versa, the interviewer has to record the respondent's opinions not to judge the result
to record his/her own opinion

Description

Definition

asking about sources of water.

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