2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) Environmental Health

Contents Sources of Drinking Water Toilet Facilities Disposal of Children’s Stools Type of Fuel Used for Cooking Residential Crowding

Percentage of HH by Improved Source of Drinking Water According to WHO/UNICEF an improved source of drinking water includes water piped into dwelling/yard/plot, water available from public tap or stand pipe or a tube well or borehole, or a protected well or spring

Percentage of HH by Source of Drinking Water

Time to Obtain Drinking Water

Toilet Facility by Residence RURAL URBAN Improved toilet facilities include toilet facilities with a flush, or a pour flush that is connected to a sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine, a ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, a bio gas latrine, a pit latrine with slab and twin pit, composting toilet.

Percent of HH Having no Toilet Facilities

Manner of Disposal of Child’s Stools Note: Percent adds to more than 100 due to rounding

Proportion of HH by Type of Fuel NFHS-2 NFHS-1 NFHS-3

Persons Per Room Used for Sleeping NFHS-1 NFHS-2 NFHS-3

How realistic is it that water and sanitation related MGD goals will be met? Access to an improved water source: Given the progress in the past one and a half decades, there is an excellent possibility that this target will be met. However, increasing access to improved sanitation needs an urgent programmatic response. Needed are area specific strategies in different states with innovative messages focusing on adverse health implications of unsafe ways of disposing children’s stools and importance of cooking under a chimney.

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