Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Vietnam, 1997 - 1998

Reference ID

VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

General Statistical Office (GSO)

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Main source of water .....? (s6bq17)

Data file: SCR06B1

Overview

Valid: 6002

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 53

End: 54

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you some questions about your dwelling. By dwelling I mean all the rooms and all the separate buildings used by your household.

Literal question

17. What is your household's main source of water for cooking and drinking?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Inside private tap
2	Outside private tap
3	Public standpipe
4	Deep drill well with pump
5	Hand dug well, constructed well
6	Filtered spring water
7	Other well
8	Rain water
9	river, lake, pond
10	Container water
11	other

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Ask to record the code for 1 source of water used by the household in the last 12
months. Judgement is made in the following order of priority: Amount used, time used, distance
to the sources.
Private inside tap is defined as a water tap installed inside the house or secondary areas of
the house, serving their daily activities.
Private outside tap is defined as a water tap installed outside the house or secondary areas
of the house, serving their daily activities, but it is located within the residential area of the
household.

Question post text

if the answer code is 1 or 2 or 3 or 8 or 10, skip to the question 19

Description

Definition

asking about sources of water.

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