Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet (V465)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 560

End: 561

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Always use toilet/latrine
2	Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine
3	Put/rinsed into drain or ditch
4	Throw into garbage
5	Buried
6	Rinse away
7	Use disposable diapers
8	Use washable diapers
9	Left in the open/not disposed of
96	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.

Description

Definition

Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet.

Universe

Respondents with children under 5 living with them

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