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Sanitary Service

7. Is this bathroom. . . ? (HogSH02)

[] 1 Of exclusive use of the household
[] 2 Shared with other households
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7.3.3 Sanitary Service

Does this household have a bathroom in the dwelling?

A dwelling has a bathroom when it has a space that contains at least a toilet, latrine, or squat toilet, with or without a water tank.

The toilet is a sanitary element (bowl) used to collect and eliminate human excrement and that (through a siphon seal of clean water) impedes the escape of smells toward the inhabited spaces.

The squat toilet is a toilet without a bowl, such that it is a hole in the ground with two adjacent places to support the feet. Sometimes they call it a latrine since it lacks a seat but, as opposed to this, it possesses a hydraulic seal that impedes the escape of smells.

The latrine is the hole in the ground covered with a sheet of wood or concrete in which a hole is placed that could eventually hold a bowl. Select the option according to the informant's response.

  • with water tank.
  • without water tank.
  • no

The bathroom is:

Indicate if the bathroom is of the exclusive use of the household or shared with other households.

  • Of exclusive use of the household: when the bathroom is used only for the members of the private household.
  • Shared with other households: when the bathroom is used daily by the member of another household or other households, residing (or not) in the same dwelling.

Even if it is usual that the dwellings inhabited by more than one household share a bathroom, it can also occur that the dwelling has more than one bathroom and each household utilizes one in an exclusive way.