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2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) Environmental Health
2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3)
Environmental Health
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Contents
Sources of Drinking WaterToilet FacilitiesDisposal of Children’s StoolsType of Fuel Used for CookingResidential Crowding
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Percentage of HH by Improved Source of Drinking Water
25
1843
133 Piped water intodwellingPublic tap
Tube well
Protected well
Non-improved
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
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Percentage of HH by Source of Drinking Water
33 3526
39 39
19
42
12
43
Piped Hand pump Well water
NFHS-1 NFHS-2 NFHS-3
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Time to Obtain Drinking Water71
4251
22
43 37
714 12
Water on premises Less than 30minutes
30 or more minutes
Urban Rural Total
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Toilet Facility by Residence
19
286
24
617
Flush to sewerFlushed to septic tankOther-improvedShared with other HHOther not-improvedNo facility
116
3
74
5
1
URBAN RURAL
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.
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Percent of HH Having no Toilet Facilities
24
8770
19
8164
17
74
55
Urban Rural TotalNFHS-1 NFHS-2 NFHS-3
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Manner of Disposal of Child’s Stools
129
926
442
Child used toilet or latrine Put/ rinsed into toilet or latrinePut/ rinsed into drain or ditch Thrown into garbageLeft in the open Other
Note: Percent adds to more than 100 due to rounding
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Proportion of HH by Type of Fuel
1184
10 4
64
1783
7 7
59
251112
3249
LPGKeroseneCoalWoodDung cakesOther
NFHS-1 NFHS-2
NFHS-3
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
NFHS-3, India, 2005-06
Persons Per Room Used for Sleeping
24
11 5
6023
10 4
63
34
166
44
<3 persons3-4 persons5-6 persons7+ persons
NFHS-1 NFHS-2
NFHS-3
How realistic is it that water and sanitation related MDG 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.
Thank You!
