India - Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition : NSS 69th Round, Schedule 1.2, July 2012- December 2012

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-69Rnd-Sch1dot2-2012

Year

2014

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

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Method of treatment (b4_q12)
File: Block - 4 Particulars of living facilities - drinking water, bathroom, sanitation etc - level 4

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 95537
Invalid: 0

Definition

Relevant codes for method of treatment of drinking water are as follows:
treated:
electronic purifier............................................................. 1
boiling ……………………........................................................ 2
chemically treated with alum................................................ 3
chemically treated with bleach/chlorine tablets.......................... 4
filtered with water filter (candle, ceramic, sand, etc.)…................ 5
filtered with cloth ……………................................................. 6
others..........................................................................9

not treated....................................................................7

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Method of treatment of drinking water by the household.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	treated : electronic purifier	4438	4.6%
2	boiling	11643	12.2%
3	chemically treated with alum	515	0.5%
4	chemically treated with bleach/chlorine tablets	729	0.8%
5	filtered with water filter(candle, ceramic, sand etc.)	8136	8.5%
6	filtered with cloth	15463	16.2%
7	not treated	52663	55.1%
9	others	1950	2.0%

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.