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Title Assessment of households' demand for improved water and sanitation services in Shebedino Woreda, Sidama Zone
Full text http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6923
Date 2008
Author(s) Behailu, Sileshi
Contributor(s) Kumie, Abera(PhD)
Abstract Background: The lack of attention given to demand has certainly led to resources being wasted on unwanted or inappropriate systems around the world. These failures have driven sector professionals to the conclusion that service provision must be market driven. The need to 9 understand the market - to assess the demand - for water and sanitation services is therefore a key for success. Objectives: the general objective of the study is to assess demand of households for improved water and sanitation services in Shebedino Woreda, SNNPR, 2008. Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted from March 29 ' April 26/ 2008 in Shebedino Woreda, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, using well-structured and pretested questionnaires, indepth interview and focus group discussion. A total of 635 questionnaires and 5 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions with key informants were used to collect the quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The collected data was cleaned and analyzed in SPSS version 11 while the data entry was done using EPI6. Result: The majority of respondents 531(83.6%) were using different coping mechanisms or strategies to get safe and adequate water supply while 236 (37.2%) of respondents had not used different coping strategies for improved sanitation services. The extent of community participation throughout the life cycle of the project was found to be as low as 131 (20.6%) for improved sanitation services and 18 (2.8%) for improved water services. Additionally, the majority of respondents 559 (88%) considered the approaches being used by program implementers for improved water services as supply driven while 273 (43%) categorized the approach of program implementers for sanitation services as demand driven. The study result also revealed that the majority of respondents[531(83.62% and 587(92.44%]) were willing to pay 10 cents for 25 liter of water and, 5 cents for single day use of latrines respectively. The average monthly expense of households for water was 2.36% of their average monthly income. Conclusion and recommendation: Generally, the demand of beneficiary communities for improved water and sanitation services was found to be low. Therefore, water and sanitation program implementers need to create or stimulate demand using different techniques if the water and sanitation condition of the Woreda is supposed to be improved.
Subject(s) Assessment of households; demand for improved water
Language en
Publisher Addis Ababa University
Type of publication Thesis
Format application/pdf
Repository Addis Ababa - University of Addis Ababa
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