Households Basic Water

Indicator Name % of supported households reporting access to a basic drinking water service over the project specified time period
Indicator ID in PRIME IN00041543

Definition

Definition

This indicator measures the proportion of households with access to a basic drinking water service (as defined by the 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.

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.
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 Water 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 the number of households within the Save the Children program that have access to a Basic Water service, and the  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
Cross-Cutting Themes Migration & Displacement
Context Development

Measurement Guidance 

Frequency of Data Collection Annually
Unit of Measure Households
Data Format Percent
Direction of Desired Change Increasing
Number of Decimal Points Zero
Nature Cumulative
Recommended Disaggregations Settlement, Migration Status
This guidance was prepared by Sheetal Rahi Lookhar ©
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