Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

Maldives, 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

MDV_2016_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health (MOH)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Source of drinking water (hv201)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 8

End: 9

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 96

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
10	PIPED WATER
11	Piped into dwelling
12	Piped to yard/plot
13	Piped to neighbor
14	Public tap/standpipe
20	TUBE WELL WATER
21	Tube well or borehole
30	DUG WELL (OPEN/PROTECTED)
31	Protected well
32	Unprotected well
40	SURFACE FROM SPRING
41	Protected spring
42	Unprotected spring
43	River/dam/lake/ponds/stream/canal/irrigation channel
51	Rainwater (tank in compoud)
52	Rainwater (public or community tank)
61	Tanker truck
62	Cart with small tank
71	Bottled water
96	Other

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.

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Notes

Major source of drinking water for members of the household. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.

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