Description

TOILETNOFACIL reports where household members go to use the toilet if their own home has no toilet facility (inside or outside their dwelling). The survey form included the options "in open air," "public toilet," and "other"; "outside dwelling" was a write-in response.

The information in TOILETNOFACIL 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

TOILETNOFACIL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TOILETNOFACIL is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Universe