Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

CHILDHOOD MORBIDITY PREVENTION: DIARRHEAStatistics:A. Percentage of households with hand-washing materials.B. Percent distribution of mothers with a child under five years of age, by form of disposal of child’sstools.DefinitionA. Coverage:B. Population base:1. All households.2. Women with a child under five years of age.C. Numerators:1. Numbers of households with hand-washing materials: water/tap, soap/ash/other cleansingagent, basin; all three hand-washing materials; no hand-washing materials.2. Numbers of women with a child under five years of age distributed by way in which youngestchild’s fecal matter is disposed: Child always uses toilet/latrine; fecal matter thrown intotoilet/latrine, buried in yard, thrown outside dwelling, thrown outside yard, rinsed away, notdisposed of; child uses disposable diapers; child uses washable diapers; other.D. Denominators:Calculation1. Number of households.2. Number of mothers with a child under five years of age living with her.For percentages and percent distribution, 100 times the quotient of the numerators divided by thedenominators.Handling of Missing ValuesExcluded from numerators for household percentages.Included in distribution of disposal of child’s stools as a separate category.Guide to DHS Statistics 118 Updated September 2006