Description

DRINKWTRDRY reports the household's main source of drinking water during the dry season.

The information in DRINKWTRDRY is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

DRINKWTRDRY has no comparability problems.

DRINKWTRDRY uses composite coding, in which the first digit identifies broad categories (e.g., first digit of "1" for "Piped water"), while trailing digits provide additional detail (e.g., code "1110" for "Piped into own dwelling").

These composite codes match the codes used for the standard variable DRINKWTR (Major source of household's drinking water), without the seasonal qualifier. However, DRINKWTRDRY has fewer total responses and codes, because this variable does not accommodate a large number of samples spanning multiple decades.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DRINKWTRDRY is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS household questionnaire.

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