What Does Aid to Africa Finance ? 1970-1996

Africa, 1970 - 1996

Reference ID

AFR_1996_WDAAF_v01_M

Producer(s)

Shantayanan Devarajan, Andrew Sunil Rajkumar and Vinaya Swaroop

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Apr 25, 2019

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Apr 25, 2019

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Person fetching water (WS4)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who usually goes to this source to fetch the water for your household? Probe: Is this person under age 15? What sex?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Adult woman
2	Adult man
3	Female child (under 15)
4	Male child (under 15)
8	DK
9	Missing

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

The purpose of this question is to find out the age and gender of the person who usually performs the task of hauling water. This will provide an understanding of whether water hauling responsibilities are given to members of a particular sex or age group. Probe: "IS THIS PERSON UNDER AGE 15? WHAT SEX IS THIS PERSON?" Circle the code that corresponds with the response or '8' if the respondent does not know. Adult refers to anyone age 15 or over, regardless of whether he/she is a household member. Child refers to anyone under the age of 15, regardless of whether he/she is a household member.

Description

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Children aged 0-4