Codes and Frequencies
Description
SWSHRREL indicates whether the respondent for the household survey had heard, from relatives (or friends), of a socially marketed chemical water treatment product. The produce, 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 SWSHRREL 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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Madagascar |
Zambia |
Comparability
Along with universe differences, SWSHRREL varies in question wording across samples, not only in terms of the product name, but also in terms of whether the categories of "relatives" and "friends" were separated or combined.
Comparability - Standard DHS
SWSHRREL is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.
Comparability — Madagascar [top]
The 2003 Madagascar survey refers to only relatives in the SWSHRREL variable, while a separate variable, SWSHRFRIEND, covers information passed by friends.
Comparability — Zambia [top]
The 2001 Zambia survey combines responses for "relatives" and "friends" in SWSHRREL.
Universe
- Madagascar 2003: Women age 15-49 in households that had heard of water treatment "Sur'eau."
- Zambia 2001: All women age 15-49.
