10.17037/DATA.00004722
This study assessed the impact of Tropical Cyclone Freddy on household sanitation facilities in a rural area of southern Malawi as part of two local non-government organisations’ routine programme monitoring and evaluation. Household surveys were conducted in 311 households at programme baseline in April 2022 before CLTS implementation activities started and combined with Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) open defecation verification data to estimate pre-Cyclone Freddy household sanitation access. A follow-up survey was repeated in the same households in June 2023, approximately three months after Cyclone Freddy landed in Chiradzulu District. These data were used to estimate changes in household sanitation facilities before and after Cyclone Freddy.
The dataset contains the following variables
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| hh_id | Household ID | - | Numeric | |
| household_size | Household size (number of people) | - | Numeric | |
| under_five | Children under five years in the household | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| latrine_type_precyclone | Household latrine type at pre-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| No latrine | 0 | |||
| Ventilated improved pit latrine (VIP) | 1 | |||
| Pit latrine with slab | 2 | |||
| Pit latrine without slab | 3 | |||
| sanitation_precyclone | Sanitation facility at pre-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| No latrine | 0 | |||
| Unimproved | 1 | |||
| Improved | 2 | |||
| sharing_sanitation_precyclone | Sharing sanitation facility pre-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Not applicable | 99 | |||
| latrine_type_ODF_data | Type of assumed household sanitation facility at the time of open defecation verification if the household did not have a sanitation facility at programme baseline | Numeric | ||
| Unimproved sanitation facility | 1 | |||
| Not applicable | 2 | |||
| jmp_sanitation_precyclone | JMP sanitation type at pre-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| Basic | 1 | |||
| Limited | 2 | |||
| Unimproved | 3 | |||
| latrine_collapsed_cyclone | Latrine collapsed due to Tropical Cyclone Freddy | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| latrine_type_postcyclone | Household latrine type at baseline | Numeric | ||
| No latrine | 0 | |||
| Flush or pour flush latrine | 1 | |||
| Ventilated improved pit latrine (VIP) | 2 | |||
| Pit latrine with slab | 3 | |||
| Pit latrine without slab | 4 | |||
| Composting toilet | 5 | |||
| sanitation_postcyclone | Sanitation facility post-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| No sanitation facility | 0 | |||
| Unimproved | 1 | |||
| Improved | 2 | |||
| sharing_sanitation_postcyclone | Sharing sanitation facility post-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Not applicable | 99 | |||
| jmp_sanitation_postcyclone | JMP sanitation type at post-cyclone | Numeric | ||
| Basic | 1 | |||
| Limited | 2 | |||
| Unimproved | 3 | |||
| No sanitation facility | 4 | |||
| latrine_rebuilt | Was the sanitation facility rebuilt post-cyclone? | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| latrine_strength | Why the sanitation facility did not collapse from Cyclone Freddy | Numeric | ||
| Not sure | 0 | |||
| The materials used were durable | 1 | |||
| The cyclone was not strong in the community compared to others | 2 | |||
| Other | 3 | |||
| latrine_designchoice | Why the type of sanitation facility was selected | Numeric | ||
| It's durable | 1 | |||
| It's cheap | 2 | |||
| These types of facilities are common in the community | 3 | |||
| No other option | 4 | |||
| Don't know | 999 |