A survey of 116 households was conducted in two low-income communities in metropolitan Accra. These are Korle Gonno, a larger, well-planned coastal area with over 35 household water vendors, and Abuja, a small, densely packed, extralegal settlement with 15 water vendor and bathhouse businesses.
Format
A tibble with 116 rows and 39 variables
- community
the communities surveyed, options including 1 kg: Korle Gonno and 2 abuja: Abuja
- housing_type
housing type, options includin 1 block_unit: unit in a row of apartments made of cement blocks, 2 wood_unit: unit in a row of apartments made of wood, 3 house, 4 compound_house: single-story L- or C-shaped house with a multiple units around a shared courtyard, 5 multistory_apt: multi-story apartment building, 6 wood_shack: wooden shack, 7 no_structure, and 8 other
- respondent_relationship_to_hh
respondent's relationship to the household head (respondent identified), options including 1 self, 2 child, 3 spouse, and 4 other_relative
- gender
gender (self-identified) of respondent, options including 1 female and 2 male
- tenure
tenure status, options including 1 rented: renter, 2 owned: homeowner, or 3 no_payment: living without payment)
- years_in_community
number of years respondent has lived in community
- adult_count
number of adults in household including respondent. Household is described as those "eating from the same pot"
- child_count
number of children under 18 in household. Household is described as those "eating from the same pot"
- rooms_in_hh
number of rooms used for sleeping. Household is described as those "eating from the same pot"
- business_ownership
household or respondent owns a business, options including 1 respondent-owned and 2 household-owned
- business_location
location type of the business, options including 1home_based, 2 outside_home: fixed location outside home, or 3 mobile: mobile location.
- business_category
type of business, options including 1 food, 2 shop, 3 salon, 4 vented_water, 5 tailoring, and 6 other_services.
- business_water_use
respondent's business uses water beyond typical needs of household (true or false)
- business_water_source
primary source of water for business use (packaged water, piped to home, piped to neighbor's home, piped to compound, commercial or public tap, borehole, dug well, spring water, delivered water)
- primary_dw_source
primary source of drinking water (packaged water, piped to home, piped to neighbor's home, piped to compound, commercial or public tap, borehole, dug well, spring water, delivered water)
- dw_reason_x
columns about respondent reasons for using drinking water source on convenience, affordability, availability, temperature, cleanliness, taste, habit or cultural norm, trustworthiness, health, other. (true or false)
- package_type_preference
respondent typically purchases individual, options including 1individual: sachets/packets/bottles, 2 bag: multipacks of these, or 3 both
- package_size_reason_x
columns about reasons for purchasing preferred package type on storage space in home, cost effectiveness, temperature at time of purchase, availability of money, convenience, size needed for respondent or household, avoiding wasting water by purchasing only when needed. (true or false)
- dw_treatment
treatment methods of water before drinking, options including 1no_treatment, 2 boil, 3boil;settle, 4 filter, and 5settle
- primary_water_source
primary water source for non-drinking water, options including 1packaged water, 2piped_to_home, 3piped to neighbor's home, 4piped to compound, 5commercial or public tap, 6borehole, 7dug well, 8spring water, and 9delivered water)
- primary_source_reason_x
columns about reasons for using primary source of non-drinking water on proximity to home, convenience, affordability, availability, cleanliness, other. (true or false)
- other_non_dw_source_use
respondent uses at least one source besides primary non-drinking water source (true or false)
- other_non_dw_sources_x
columns about additional water source(s) for non-drinking water on packaged water, piped to home, piped to neighbor's home, piped to compound, commercial or public tap, borehole, dug well, spring water, delivered water. (true or false)
- secondary_source_reason_x
columns about reason for using secondary source of non-drinking water (primary source is not available, primary source is not clean, primary source is crowded, availability of shower stalls, convenient location)
- tap_payment_mode
respondent's mechanism for paying for piped water (all respondents use piped water as a primary or secondary source). Options include 1 pay_to_fetch: paying to fetch, 2 shares_bill: sharing or paying the whole bill, or 3 both (at different taps).
- daily_hh_water_cost_for_pay_to_fetch
daily estimated cost of drinking water for respondent's household
- daily_hh_water_cost_phhm_for_pay_to_fetch
daily estimated cost of drinking water for respondent's household per household member
- past_struggle_to_find_water
respondent has struggled to find water before (defined as extreme difficulty in accessing water) (true or false)
- time_of_last_struggle_to_find_water
respondent's last time of struggle to find water, options including 1 last_3_days, 2 last_7_days, 3 last_30_days, 4 last_year, and 5over_year_ago.
- weekdays_struggle_to_find_water
days in a week the respondent typically struggles to find or pay for water
- past_struggle_primary_reason
primary reason for past struggles to find water, options including 1 availability: availability, 2 cost, and 3 distance: distance to nearest source.
- tap_closure_knowledge_x
columns about respondent's knowledge about tap closures (usually known, sometimes known, expected due to patterns in closures, not known, or no answer). (true or false)
- coping_mechanism_x
columns about strategies for coping with water shortage (spending more on the same amount of water, purchasing extra water to store at home, using another source, using packaged water for cooking, skipping cooking, using packaged water for bathing, skipping bathing, closing business due to water shortage, skipping laundry). (true or false)
- water_storage_drinking_water
respondent typically stores drinking water at home (true or false)
- water_storage_non_drinking_water
respondent typically stores non-drinking water at home (true or false)
- water_storage_none
respondent typically does not store water at home (true or false)
- storage_containers_x
columns about if respondent typically stores non-drinking water, types of storage containers (plastic jugs also called jerry cans or Kufuor gallons, uncovered or covered barrels, other covered or uncovered containers)
- estimated_non_dw_storage_capacity
estimated capacity of storage for non-drinking water (liters)
- estimated_stored_non_dw
estimated actual storage of non-drinking water (liters)