IDB initial data base

Question 1

write the full address to include household number street municipality district and
or city

Answer 1

address

Question 2

-write the name of the recognized head of the household start with family
name, first name, middle initial (reminder: record in your jot-down notebook the full middle
name in cases you need to verify your clients of same family name and given name especially
among very common family names and given names ex. Jose Santos , Juan dela Cruz

Answer 2

head of the family

Question 3

-write the names of the household surnames first, then given name; in case of the wife,
indicate the maiden name; if several members with the same surname are listed in order, the
surname need not to be written names of the other members of household like servant and
boarders should be entered

Answer 3

name

Question 4

indicate the relationship of the members to the head
of the household e.g. wife son daughter or mother

Answer 4

relation to the head of the family

Question 5

enter M for male and F for female

Answer 5

gender

Question 6

enter the month, day and year (ex. January 9, 1978)

Answer 6

burthday

Question 7

person who are not and have never been married

Answer 7

single

Question 8

include couples living together as husband and wife with the benefit of legal
marriage

Answer 8

married

Question 9

includes couple living together as husband and wife without benefit of
legal marriage

Answer 9

common in law

Question 10

a person whose spouse is dead and who has not remarried

Answer 10

widowed

Question 11

– a person legally separated from his /her spouse or who is living
apart from his/her spouse because of marital discord or similar reasons of
of persons’ whose bond of marriage has been dissolved and can therefore
remarry

Answer 11

separated /divorced

Question 12

refers to the highest level completed in regular or formal system
of education Excluded are purely vocational courses such as dressmaking or carpentry

Answer 12

educational attainment

Question 13

indicate the type of work and place or location of work

Answer 13

occupation

Question 14

refers to materials as bamboo, nipa, coconut leaves or cardboard

Answer 14

light

Question 15

refers to the combination of light material, wood and concrete

Answer 15

mixed

Question 16

– refers to concrete materials including the wall and the use of steel or iron as

Answer 16

strong

Question 17

write the distance of the water source from the house in
meters If there is faucet connected to the public or private source inside the house
write ‘ inside the house’

Answer 17

distance from house

Question 18

write your impression of the general state of cleanliness
of the house Include objective data to support your impression

Answer 18

general sanitization condition

Question 19

describe briefly the state of cleanliness of the kitchen area support
your impression with objective data

Answer 19

sanitary condition

Question 20

– LPG gad stove, electric stove, charcoal, firewoods, butane gas

Answer 20

cooking facility

Question 21

when there is no drainage system; waste water from the kitchen flows
directly to the ground often times forming nearly permanent pool

Answer 21

none

Question 22

waste water flows through the system of pipes to an open pit or canal

Answer 22

open drainage

Question 23

waste water flows a system of closed pipes to underground pit
or covered canal

Answer 23

blind drainage

Question 24

(Method of disposal) garbage is used for hog feed

Answer 24

hog feeding

Question 25

(Method of disposal) refuse and or garbage piled in a dumping place with or
without pit and with no soil covering

Answer 25

open dumping

Question 26

(Method of disposal) regularly piles of refuse /garbage and later burned in an open
air

Answer 26

open burning

Question 27

(Method of disposal) refuse / garbage is placed in a pit and covered when filled up.
 There is no intention to dig it up later for use as fertilizer

Answer 27

burial in a pit

Question 28

(Method of disposal) refuse/ garbage is disposed with the used of incinerator

Answer 28

composting

Question 29

(type of toilet) a pail or box is used to receive the excreta and disposed later when filled up. This will include the “ballot” system when excreta is wrapped in a piece of paper or plastic and thrown
away later

Answer 29

pail system

Question 30

(type of toilet) consist of a pit covered in a platform with a hole. The hole is
usually not covered. The platform may in its simplest
form consist only of two pieces of flat wood or bamboo

Answer 30

open privy pit

Question 31

(type of toilet) a pit privy with the hole over the platform or toilet floor is
provided and with cover

Answer 31

closed privy pit

Question 32

(type of toilet) consist of a deep but relatively narrow hole made with a
boring system

Answer 32

bored hole latrine

Question 33

(type of toilet) the toilet house is constructed over a body of water into
excreta is allowed to fall freely

Answer 33

overhung latrine

Question 34

(type of toilet) bored hole latrine or any pit privy wherein water sealed
bowl is placed instead of simple platform hole

Answer 34

water sealed

Question 35

write the distance of the toilet from the house in meters If
The toilet is inside the house write’ inside the house

Answer 35

distance from the house

Question 36

describe briefly the state of cleanliness of the toilet

Answer 36

sanitary condition

Question 37

(domestic animal) write the kind of animal kept in the house and to those present in the
community

Answer 37

kind

Question 38

(domestic animal) indicate the number for each kind of animal kept in the house and
community

Answer 38

number

Question 39

(domestic animal) indicate were domestic animal is kept e.g. tied in backyard

Answer 39

where kept

Question 40

briefly describe the state of sanitation of the
immediate vicinity where the house is located Mentioned specific observation to
substantiate general impression

Answer 40

general sanitary condition

Question 41

describes how close houses are from another house and the
space inside their house in reference to number of household members living
inside

Answer 41

housing congestion

Question 42

write the recreational facilities available in the community
e.g. basketball court reading center

Answer 42

recreational facilities

Question 43

health facilities include government health
center and hospitals; private medical and dental practitioners; practicing nurses
and midwives

Answer 43

availability of health care facilities

Question 44

give approximate distance

Answer 44

distance of the house from the nearest health care facility