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. 2018 Jun 8;13(6):e0198591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198591

Table 7. Final household water insecurity scale questions validated for use among postpartum women in Nyanza, Kenya.

For each item, the questions followed the same format “In the last 4 weeks, how frequently…”
1 Did you worry you would not have enough water for all of your household needs?
2 Did you feel angry or frustrated that you would not have enough water for all of your household needs?
3 Did you worry about the safety of the person getting water for your household?
4 Has the time spent fetching water prevented anyone in your household from earning money?
5 Has the time spent fetching water prevented you or anyone in your household from caring for your children?
6 Has anyone in your household asked to borrow water from other people?
7 Has there not been enough water in the household to wash clothes?
8 Have you missed meetings in your community (church, funerals, community meetings, etc.) because there wasn't enough water?
9 Have you missed meetings in your community (church, funerals, community meetings, etc.) because you lacked water to take a bath and you felt too dirty to go?
10 Have you or anyone in your household had to change what was being cooked because there wasn’t enough water?
11 Did you or anyone in your household had to go without washing hands after defecating, changing diapers, or other dirty activities because you didn't have enough water?
12 Did you not have enough water to wash your children's face and hands?
13 Did you or anyone in your household have to go without washing their body because there wasn’t enough water?
14 Did you or anyone in your household want to treat your water, but couldn't? By treat I mean boiling, using chemicals to treat, or other ways you make your water safe to use or drink.
15 Did you or anyone in your household actually had to drink water that you thought was unsafe?
16 Did you have problems with water that caused arguments/trouble with neighbors or others in the community?
17 Has there not been as much water to drink, as you would like for you or members of your household?
18 Have you or anyone in your household not had enough water to take medications?
19 Have you or anyone in your household gone to sleep thirsty?
20 Have you had no water whatsoever in your household?

Notes: For each question, participants were asked to respond to one of the following options Never (0), Rarely (1–2 times in prior 4 weeks), Sometimes (3–10 times in prior 4 weeks), Often (11–20 times in prior 4 weeks), Always (above 20 times in prior 4 weeks). Questions were asked from the least to the most severe manifestations of water insecurity.