Codes and Frequencies
Description
SWSHRPOST indicates whether the respondent for the household survey had heard, via a poster, of a socially marketed chemical water treatment product. The product, whose brand name was country-specific, was publicized in a Safe Water Systems public health campaign. See SWSHR for more information on this public health effort.
The information in SWSHRPOST 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
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording (including different product brand names), SWSHRPOST is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
SWSHRPOST is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.
Universe
- Madagascar 2003: Women age 15-49 in households that had heard of water treatment "Sur'eau."
- Zambia 2001: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2007: All women age 15-49.