Description

SWSHRMD indicates whether the respondent for the household survey had heard, via a doctor, health facility, or clinic, of a socially marketed chemical water treatment product. The product, whose brand name was country-specific, was publicized in a Safe Water System public health campaign. See SWSHR for more information on these public health efforts.

The information in SWSHRMD 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 names), SWSHRMD is largely comparable across surveys.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe