Household choice of safe drinking water in Ghana

Author(s):

 Anthony Abbam^a* and Emmanuel Carsamer^b

tonyabbam@gmail.com
2024-08-01 05:47:23

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Abstract

The study sought to examine household’s choice of safe drinking water in Ghana. Access to safe drinking water has over the years become a major social problem which in essence has implications on the health of the people. The multinomial logistic model was used to examine the covariates of source of safe drinking water among households as the unit of analysis. The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Six (GLSS 6) data was used for the analysis. The study revealed that demographic and socio-economic characteristics influence household choice of safe drinking water. It emerged from the study that household's size, wage income and possession of assets have positive significant effect on household’s choice of safe drinking water. Accordingly, conscious efforts should be made by authorities to concentrate on implementation of strategies and schemes directed at providing and expanding access to safe and reliable drinking water.

Keywords
multinomial logit, households, choice, drinking water, sources, Ghana.

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