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Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS

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HOUSEHOLD POPULATION AND HOUSING<br />

CHARACTERISTICS 2<br />

2.1 KEY FINDINGS<br />

• <strong>Vietnam</strong>ese households are comprised, on average, of 4.2 members, having declined slightly from<br />

4.4 in 2002 <strong>and</strong> 4.6 in 1999.<br />

• Nearly 4 percent of households include an orphaned child.<br />

• Three-quarters of households obtain their drinking water from a safe source (22 percent piped<br />

water <strong>and</strong> 53 percent from a well).<br />

• One-third of households use a flush toilet. Four in ten households uses a traditional pit latrine.<br />

• Nearly all households have electricity (96 percent).<br />

• More than four-fifths of all households own a television, 42 percent own a radio, <strong>and</strong> 32 percent<br />

of households possess a telephone.<br />

• The urban population is predominantly in the two highest wealth quintiles. The rural population is<br />

more evenly distributed across the wealth quintiles. The South has the largest segment of those in<br />

the highest wealth quintile when compared to the North <strong>and</strong> Central regions.<br />

• In <strong>Vietnam</strong>, nearly every household (97 percent) owns at least one mosquito net. Only households<br />

in Ho Chi Minh City are an exception to the high national ownership level. One in three<br />

households in Ho Chi Minh City does not own a mosquito net.<br />

• Only 12 percent of households own an insecticide treated net (ITN).<br />

• Sleeping under a mosquito net is nearly universal among children (95 percent) <strong>and</strong> women in<br />

<strong>Vietnam</strong>. Only in Ho Chi Minh City did one-third of women not sleep under a mosquito net on<br />

the night before the survey<br />

2.2 INTRODUCTION<br />

This chapter summarizes selected socio-economic characteristics of households <strong>and</strong> the members<br />

of those households surveyed in the <strong>2005</strong> VPAIS. They include age, sex, residence <strong>and</strong> education of<br />

household members <strong>and</strong> individual respondents. This chapter also includes measures of housing<br />

conditions, such as water source, toilet facilities, <strong>and</strong> possession of durable consumer goods. This<br />

information provides context for interpreting survey findings <strong>and</strong> also provides an approximate indication<br />

of the representativeness of the sample.<br />

In the VPAIS, a household was considered a person or group of persons who share meals <strong>and</strong><br />

living space. Members of a household may or may not share a common household budget. Members of a<br />

household may or may not have a blood relationship. In order to collect all the necessary information<br />

about households <strong>and</strong> individuals, two types of questionnaires – a Household <strong>and</strong> Individual<br />

Questionnaire – were designed. The Household Questionnaire was used to record information on all usual<br />

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