Access to Basic Amenities by State & District
Data as of 2022Proportion of households with access to basic amenities such as electricity, piped water, and sanitary latrines by state and district.
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How is this data produced?
This data represents estimates of households' access to various basic amenities, and is tabulated from household-level survey data collected via the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), which is conducted at least twice within any 5-year period. For full details on the methodology, especially on the nuances involved in sampling, please refer to the technical notes.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
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Publication(s) using this data
The Household Income Survey Report, 2022, the latest edition of the household income statistics published by DOSM. OpenDOSM also features a dashboard on household income which enables you to explore Malaysia's household income data interactively.
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Dataset description
Proportion of households with access to basic amenities such as electricity, piped water, and sanitary latrines by state and district.
Variable definitions
- State
- District
- Date
- Piped Water
- Sanitation
- Electricity
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states, including the 3 Federal Territories |
district (Categorical) | District | One of 160 administrative districts, including the 4 states (Perlis and the 3 Federal Territories) which do not have subdivisions, or 'All Districts' for the state totals |
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as the data is at annual frequency |
piped_water (Float) | Piped Water | Percentage of households with access to piped water at home |
sanitation (Float) | Sanitation | Percentage of households covered by sanitary latrines |
electricity (Float) | Electricity | Percentage of households with access to electricity at home |
Last updated:
28 Jul 2023, 12:00
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Data source(s)
- Department of Statistics Malaysia
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/hies/hh_access_amenities.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=hh_access_amenities&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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