I. Characteristics of the housing unit

17. Water intake: Does the toilet (latrine):

15. Extended questionnaire
This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.

17. Water intake
The question asks whether the toilet or latrine used by the residents of the housing unit accepts water to evacuate human waste (excrement and urine). It also specifies whether the water is flushed by means of a lever, chain, button, or pedal (direct flush), installed in the toilet bowls, or whether it is manually emptied with a bucket or pail for its users.

Read the question and its options, and mark the code that corresponds to the respondent's answer.

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The no-water option refers to facilities that do not use water for waste disposal. They can be latrines, holes or pits, or the so-called dry ecological toilets.

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The water admission question is displayed in the census manager as follows:

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18. Toilet use
This question identifies whether the toilet or latrine used by the residents of the housing unit is for their exclusive use or if they share it with people from other housing unit(s). Read the question, listen to the answer, and select the appropriate code.

Register the option yes when the toilet or latrine is regularly used by people who do not reside in the housing unit.

Register no when the sanitary facility is normally used by the residents of the housing unit only.

The sanitary use question is presented in the census manager as follows:

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