Households Basic Hygiene

Indicator Name

% of supported households reporting access to a basic hygiene service over the project specified time period

Indicator ID in PRIME

IN00023163

Definition

Definition

This indicator measures the proportion of households with access to a Basic Hygiene 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.

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

Numerator

Number of households within the Save the Children program that have access to a Basic Hygiene 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 Basic Hygiene service

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
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