Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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HH treats water by: Using alum (H_TRALUM)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 291

End: 291

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

107. What do you usually do to make the water safer to drink? Anything else?
CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.

BOIL A
ADD BLEACH/CHLORINE B
STRAIN THROUGH A CLOTH C
USE WATER FILTER (CERAMIC/ SAND/COMPOSITE/ETC.) D
SOLAR DISINFECTION E
LET IT STAND AND SETTLE F
ALUM G
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Z

Value	Category
6	Non-resident
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (Not in universe)

Description

Definition

TRALUM indicates whether the respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that the household usually uses alum to make water safer to drink. Alum (Aluminum Sulfate) added to cloudy water neutralizes the electrical charge of small suspended particles, so the particles clump together and sink to the bottom of the water container.

The information in TRALUM 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").

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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