Table 1.
Share of urban households with connection to public water service.
| Percent with central water connection (locality average) | Percent with central water connection (weighted by number of urban HHs in locality) | Number of localities with water | Total number of localities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average for sample of 327 localities in 54 multi-locality metro areas, at least 50% urbanized by decade | ||||
| 1970 | 50 | 58 | 156 | 185 |
| 1980 | 69 | 80 | 271 | 278 |
| 1991 | 83 | 91 | 326 | 327 |
| 2000 | 89 | 92 | 326 | 326 |
| 1991 Breakdown | ||||
| Own house but not land | 74 | 82 | 326 | 327 |
| Own house and land | 85 | 91 | 326 | 327 |
| Small houses | 74 | 83 | 326 | 327 |
| Large houses | 89 | 95 | 326 | 327 |
| Poorest 20% of Households | 76 | 85 | 326 | 327 |
| Richest 20% of Households | 89 | 95 | 326 | 327 |
| Average for localities in multi-locality metro areas, at least 50% urbanized by 1970 | ||||
| 1970 | 50 | 58 | 156 | 185 |
| 1980 | 75 | 82 | 183 | 185 |
| 1991 | 89 | 92 | 185 | 185 |
| 2000 | 92 | 93 | 185 | 185 |
| Average for localities in multi-locality metro areas, less than 50% urbanized by 1970 | ||||
| 1970 | 34 | 47 | 94 | 142 |
| 1980 | 53 | 63 | 128 | 142 |
| 1991 | 76 | 78 | 141 | 142 |
| 2000 | 84 | 83 | 142 | 142 |
Notes: We consider localities that have less than 10% of houses serviced as having no service. Even though there may be in fact zero service, some households may have mistakenly declared in the census that they had service or service may be incipient. We weight the share of servicing in each locality by the number of urban households in the locality in each decade. When the weighted share of urban households serviced is greater than the unweighted share, this implies that the mean level of servicing is higher in larger localities.