The Demand for Drinking Water Supply and Water Collection Time: The Role of Household Women in Nigeria.

Elizabeth Dania, Student

Water is vital to human life, and a region or society without clean water is detrimental to human progress. Women and children must have access to clean and safe drinking water; this will keep them from investing their productive and valuable time collecting drinking water for their household consumption. The lack of improved drinking water is a problem that affects many women in developing African countries. However, there are variations in the availability of drinking water depending on the place of residence, wealth index, and educational level. The dataset was analyzed using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. A representative sample of 7207 women aged 15-49 was used in the study. Univariate analysis was presented in frequencies and percentages. Bivariate analysis was carried out between the dependent (types of drinking water) and independent variables (place of residence, marital status, educational level, wealth index, number of household members). Datasets were analyzed using Chi-square test statistics. A multivariate analysis is a model that considers two or more variables, namely a dependent variable and two or more independent variables. Additionally, to perform multivariate analysis, the dependent variable was dichotomized and used to identify the factors associated with access to clean drinking water. In this study, the household will be considered a unit of analysis.

Keywords: Families, Unions and Households, Children, Adolescents, and Youth

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