Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

distribution of households by main source of drinking water, time taken to collect drinking water,
person in the household who usually collects drinking water, and treatment of water, according to
residence.
Table 2.7 Household drinking water
Percent distribution of households and de jure population by source, time to collect, and person who usually collects
drinking water; and percentage of households and the de jure population by treatment of drinking water, according to
residence, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Characteristic
Households Population
Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total
Source of drinking water
Improved source
Piped water into
dwelling/yard/plot 38.1 11.7 17.9 38.8 12.2 18.5
Public tap/standpipe 25.1 27.1 26.6 24.5 28.1 27.3
Tube well or borehole 10.3 3.2 4.9 10.6 3.1 4.9
Protected dug well 3.1 4.9 4.5 3.1 4.6 4.3
Protected spring 4.1 8.4 7.4 4.2 8.4 7.4
Rainwater
Non-improved source
0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Unprotected dug well 4.6 7.0 6.5 4.9 6.7 6.3
Unprotected spring 5.8 32.6 26.3 5.7 32.1 25.8
Tanker truck/cart with small tank 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5
Surface water
Bottled water, improved source for
0.7 3.3 2.7 0.7 3.2 2.6
cooking/washing1 Bottled water, non-improved
7.7 0.1 1.9 6.9 0.1 1.7
source for cooking/washing1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other 0.2 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.8
Total
Percentage using any improved
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
source of drinking water
Time to obtain drinking water
(round trip)
88.4 55.6 63.3 88.2 56.6 64.0
Water on premises 78.3 38.1 47.5 78.8 38.6 48.1
Less than 30 minutes 13.7 26.3 23.3 13.0 26.1 23.0
30 minutes or longer 7.4 34.4 28.1 7.4 34.2 27.9
Don’t know/missing 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.0
Total
Person who usually collects
drinking water
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Adult female 15+ 13.4 42.3 35.5 13.1 41.8 35.0
Adult male 15+ 3.7 7.4 6.5 3.0 6.5 5.7
Female child under age 15 3.2 8.5 7.2 3.7 9.4 8.0
Male child under age 15 0.8 2.5 2.1 1.1 2.6 2.2
Other 0.5 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.1 0.9
Water on premises 78.3 38.1 47.5 78.8 38.6 48.1
Total
Water treatment prior to drinking
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2
Boiled 74.9 84.0 81.9 75.8 85.3 83.0
Bleach/chlorine 4.4 1.9 2.5 5.2 2.0 2.8
Strained through cloth 58.0 62.0 61.0 58.6 62.6 61.6
Ceramic, sand, or other filter 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Solar disinfection 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other 9.8 6.4 7.2 8.1 6.1 6.6
No treatment
Percentage using an appropriate
22.2 15.1 16.8 21.6 13.9 15.7
treatment method3 77.4 84.5 82.8 78.1 85.8 84.0
Number 2,695 8,768 11,463 15,852 51,134 66,985
1 Because the quality of bottled water is not known, households using bottled water for drinking are classified as using an
improved or non-improved source, according to their water source for cooking and washing.
2 Respondents may report multiple treatment methods, so the sum of treatment may exceed 100 percent.
3 Appropriate water treatment methods include boiling, bleaching, straining, filtering, and solar disinfecting.
Overall, 63 percent of households obtain their drinking water from an improved source.
Eighteen percent of households have access to piped water in their dwelling, yard, or plot, while 27
percent access drinking water from a public tap. Nine percent of households get their drinking water
from a tube well or borehole or a protected dug well, and 7 percent have access to protected spring
Household Population and Housing Characteristics | 23