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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014
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Reference ID
KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Household has place for handwashing (bridging variable) (H_HANDWASHBRIDGE)

Data file: KEN2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 286
End: 287
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
137) Please show me where members of your household most often wash their hands.

OBSERVED 1
NOT OBSERVED, NOT IN DWELLING/YARD/PLOT 2 (GO TO 139A)
NOT OBSERVED, NO PERMISSION TO SEE 3 (GO TO 139A)
NOT OBSERVED, OTHER REASON 4 (GO TO 139A)
Categories
Value Category
10 No, no known place to wash hands
11 Not observed: not in dwelling
12 Not observed: no permission to see
13 Not observed: other reason
20 Yes, has place for handwashing
21 In dwelling/yard/plot
22 Somewhere else
96 Non-resident
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
HANDWASHBRIDGE serves as a bridging variable between two approaches to collecting information about the household's place for handwashing. Initially, respondents were asked, "Where do you usually wash your hands?" The responses distinguished between in the dwelling/yard/plot and somewhere else.

Beginning with Phase VI of the DHS, respondents were asked, "Please show me where members of your household most often wash their hands." The responses indicate whether the interviewer observed a place for handwashing, and if not, the reason no place for handwashing was observed.

HANDWASHBRIDGE combines information from the first approach of asking about the handwashing place (in HANDWASHPL (HV230)) and the second approach of observing the handwashing place (in HANDWASHPLOBS (HV230A)).

The information in HANDWASHBRIDGE is taken from the household record, linked to the record of the woman respondent. This information applies to household residents, not temporary visitors, so researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2").

See Comparability for more information.

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