Access to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

dc.creatorAbebaw, Degnet
dc.creatorTadesse, Fanaye
dc.creatorMogues, Tewodaj
dc.date2010
dc.date2024-10-01T14:01:42Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:01:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:41:41Z
dc.descriptionIn recent years access to safe and reliable water supplies has received increased government attention in Ethiopia. As a result, the national coverage rate for this service has gradually improved. Yet millions of people in rural areas still do not get drinking water from an improved water source. While expanding improved water source schemes is generally essential, it is equally important to ensure that the schemes have increased users' satisfaction with water quality and availability for everyday use. Using household survey data and employing univariate and bivariate probit models, this paper attempts to investigate the effect of access to an improved water source on users' satisfaction with both quality and availability of water. The study findings suggest that access to an improved water source significantly raised household satisfaction with both quality and availability of water. However, the effect of the improved water source on users' satisfaction was slightly lower for water availability than for water quality.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154470
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111952
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbebaw, Degnet; Tadesse, Fanaye; Mogues, Tewodaj. 2010. Access to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1044. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154470
dc.subjectdrinking water
dc.subjectconsumer satisfaction
dc.subjectprobit analysis
dc.titleAccess to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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