Codes and Frequencies
Description
WTRSHORTIME reports how long recent interruptions in the household's water supply lasted, in grouped categories ranging from hours to weeks.
The information in WTRSHORTIME 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 — Index
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Comparability
WTRSHORTIME has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
WTRSHORTIME is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS household questionnaire.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
The 2005 Senegal survey asks about interruptions to the household's water availability in the past two weeks, so responses are necessarily top-coded at "No water in last two weeks."
Universe
- Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 in households with interrupted availability of drinking water in the past 2 weeks.
