Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

Table 2.5 presents information on household sanitation facilities of the de jure population. About20 percent of households have an improved toilet facility, while 81 percent have a non-improved toiletfacility. One in five households does not have any toilet facility. Data from the NRVA 2007/8 indicatethat only 5 percent of households in Afghanistan had improved sanitation facilities. As mentioned earlierthe increase in the percentage of households with improved sanitation facilities between the fielding ofthe NRVA 2007/8 and the AMS 2010 could be attributed to the vast investment in the NSP by the MRRDand its successful implementation in the last few years.Not surprisingly, twice as many households in urban areas as in rural areas have access toimproved toilet facilities. Thirty-two percent of urban households shared their toilet with other householdscompared with 12 percent of rural households. Eighty-four percent of rural households have a nonimprovedfacility, while one-quarter of rural households have no toilet facility at all.Table 2.5 Household sanitation facilitiesPercent distribution of households and de jure population by type of toilet/latrine facilities, according to residence, Afghanistan2010HouseholdsPopulationType of toilet/latrine facility Urban Rural Total Urban Rural TotalImproved, not shared facility 33.2 16.0 19.5 33.4 15.9 19.4Flush/pour flush to piped sewer system 2.1 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.0 0.4Flush/pour flush to septic tank 9.5 0.5 2.3 9.7 0.5 2.3Flush/pour flush to pit latrine 2.9 1.7 1.9 2.9 2.0 2.2Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine 5.7 3.5 4.0 5.8 3.6 4.0Pit latrine with slab 13.1 10.2 10.8 13.2 9.8 10.5Non-improved facility 66.8 84.0 80.5 66.6 84.1 80.6Any facility shared with other households 32.1 12.0 16.1 32.0 12.7 16.6Flush/pour flush not to sewer/septic tank/pit latrine 3.0 0.4 0.9 3.4 0.4 1.0Pit latrine without slab/open pit 28.7 44.6 41.3 28.0 44.2 41.0No facility/bush/field 1.1 25.2 20.3 1.1 24.8 20.1Other 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3Missing 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number 4,548 17,803 22,351 34,788 140,650 175,438Table 2.6 shows data on the availability of electricity, type of flooring material, and number ofrooms used for sleeping. The table shows that less than half (43 percent) of the households in Afghanistanhas access to electricity. The NRVA 2007/8 reported a similar percentage (42 percent). Access toelectricity varies markedly between urban areas (83 percent) and rural areas (32 percent).About three in five households use mud and hay as the main flooring material. These materialsare more common in rural than in urban areas. About one-third (32 percent) of urban households usecement as the main flooring material. Another 18 percent of urban households use carpet.Crowding and poor living conditions directly affect the health of household members. The AMS2010 included a question on the number of rooms used for sleeping to determine the extent of crowding inAfghanistan. More than one-fifth of households have only one room for sleeping (22 percent), one-third(37 percent) of households have two rooms, and nearly two-fifths (41 percent) have three or more roomsfor sleeping.24 | Household Population, Household and Women’s Characteristics