Description

TRWTRGUARD indicates whether the household uses "Waterguard," a brand-name chlorine solution, to treat drinking water. Researchers may wish to combine responses to this variable with responses to the related variable TRBLEACH, on whether the household uses bleach (no brand name specified) to treat drinking water.

The information in TRWTRGUARD 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

TRWTRGUARD has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

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