Through expert consultations, the JMP has developed core questions for monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene at home, schools and health centres
To support the collection of comparable data between and within countries, the JMP has prepared core and expanded questions for the following settings:
The JMP core questions for household surveys document were first developed in 2006 to support monitoring of the Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015). To monitor the new SDG targets for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene at home additional information can be collected in household surveys including:
- Drinking water (water quality, availability of drinking water)
- Sanitation (emptying of onsite sanitation facilities)
- Hygiene (availability of a handwashing facility with water and soap)
The JMP has collaborated with UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) to develop and pilot new modules and questions for the SDGs. A draft set of updated core questions for household surveys was produced in November 2017 and finalized in 2018. The latest versions of the MICS7 base questionnaires (including the household questionnaire and the water quality testing form) provide an example of a full survey instrument using the questions recommended by the JMP team.
The questions on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are complemented by questions about menstrual health, such as those that have been integrated into the MICS7 complementary topic questionnaire on menstrual hygiene and health.
Core questions and indicators have also been developed for monitoring WASH in schools and WASH in health care facilities. The JMP has produced additional resources for collecting data on WASH in schools, including and Excel file with all of the recommended core questions, for easy inclusion in digital data collection platforms such as KoBo Toolbox.
The JMP team welcomes feedback on the existing core questions and as well as suggestions for expanded sets of questions for SDG monitoring in households, schools and health care facilities. Please contact us with your feedback at info@washdata.org.