Households Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Indicator Name

% of supported households reporting access to basic water, basic hygiene and limited (humanitarian) or basic (development) sanitation over the project specified time period

Indicator ID in PRIME

IN00023157

Definition

Definition

This indicator measures the proportion of households with access to all three WASH services of basic water, basic hygiene and at least a limited (humanitarian) or basic (development) sanitation (as defined by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene and SPHERES standards for humanitarian setting) out of the total number of households in the project area over a specified time period.

Numerator

Number of households that have access to at least a basic Water service, and a basic hygiene service and at least a limited (humanitarian) or basic (development) sanitation service within the Save the Children supported program area.

Denominator

Total number of households within the Save the Children program area.

Recommended Means of Verification

Annual household survey using JMP recommended ‘core’ questions to facilitate monitoring of WASH targets can be accessed at https://washdata.org/report/jmp-2018-core-questions-household-surveys or program monitoring data with number of households within the Save the Children program that have access to a Safely Managed Water service and total number of households within the Save the Children program

Indicator Attributes

Indicator Prioritisation

Global Indicator

Level of Indicator

Outcome

Indicator Context Type

Quantitative

Theme

Health & Nutrition

Sub Theme

WASH

Total Reach Indicator

No

Context

Development

Measurement GuidanceĀ 

Frequency of Data Collection

Annually

Unit of Measure

Households

Data Format

Percent

Direction of Desired Change

Increasing

Number of Decimal Points

Zero

Indicator is Rounding

No

Nature

Cumulative

Recommended Disaggregations

Settlement

Additional Guidance

Basic Water Service = Drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip including queuing
Note: Improved water sources are those that have the potential to deliver safe water by nature of their design and construction, and include: piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water.
Basic Sanitation = Use of improved facilities which are not shared with other households
Note: Improved sanitation facilities are those designed to hygienically separate excreta from human contact, and include: flush/pour flush to piped sewer system, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.
Basic Hygiene = Availability of a handwashing facility with soap and water at home
Note: Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.
Specified Time Period: means the most recent data available during the project period

This guidance was prepared by Sheetal Rahi Lookhar ©

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