Households Limited Sanitation

Indicator Name

% of supported households reporting access to a limited sanitation service over the project specified time period

Indicator ID in PRIME

IN00024071

Definition

Definition

This indicator measures the proportion of households with access to a Limited Sanitation service (as defined by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene) out of the total number of households in the project area over a specified time period.

Limited Sanitation = Use of improved facilities shared between two or more 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.
Specified Time Period: means the most recent data available during the project period

Numerator

Number of households within the Save the Children program that have access to a Limited Sanitation service

Denominator

Total number of households within the Save the Children program

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 Limited Sanitation 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
This guidance was prepared by Sheetal Rahi Lookhar ©

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