Table 3. Water infrastructure and water-related household behaviors by study arm.
Continuous Supply | Intermittent Supply | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Water infrastructure and services | ||||
Collects municipal water from: | ||||
Own connection | 1,968 | 67.3 | 1,951 | 58.3 |
Landlord's or neighbor's connection | 1,968 | 32.5 | 1,951 | 35.4 |
Public connection | 1,968 | 0.2 | 1,951 | 6.3 |
Location of tap: | ||||
Indoors within household | 1,964 | 35.1 | 1,907 | 17.9 |
Outdoors within premises | 1,964 | 61.0 | 1,907 | 69.3 |
Not on premises | 1,964 | 3.3 | 1,907 | 10.9 |
Location of mouth of tap: | ||||
Elevated from the ground | 1,966 | 85.9 | 1,881 | 69.9 |
On the ground | 1,966 | 13.5 | 1,881 | 17.3 |
Inside a tank | 1,966 | 0.4 | 1,881 | 12.2 |
Customer satisfaction: a | ||||
Tap water does not smell or look dirty | 7,090 | 72.5 | 7,006 | 59.8 |
Happy with tap water quality | 7,166 | 77.4 | 7,066 | 54.4 |
Happy with tap water quantity | 7,166 | 93.8 | 7,066 | 67.9 |
Happy with tap water pressure | 7,166 | 90.1 | 7,066 | 53.6 |
Water-related household behaviors | ||||
Retrieves drinking water from: a | ||||
Tap connected directly to waterline | 7,008 | 9.5 | 6,896 | 1.6 |
Tap connected to overhead tank | 7,008 | 0.7 | 6,896 | 0.2 |
Storage container | 7,008 | 76.5 | 6,896 | 83.4 |
Commercial water treatment device | 7,008 | 11.8 | 6,896 | 13.3 |
Bottled water | 7,008 | 1.4 | 6,896 | 1.5 |
Treats drinking water a | 7,024 | 26.7 | 6,914 | 26.8 |
Collects water from other sources: a | ||||
Borewell (public or private) | 7,167 | 5.4 | 7,067 | 37.8 |
Water truck | 7,167 | 0.0 | 7,067 | 2.1 |
Washes vegetables: | ||||
Outside | 1,815 | 27.5 | 1,783 | 15.4 |
In kitchen | 1,815 | 57.3 | 1,783 | 76.8 |
In bathroom | 1,815 | 14.9 | 1,783 | 7.6 |
Washes utensils: | ||||
Outside | 1,815 | 71.3 | 1,783 | 78.7 |
In kitchen | 1,815 | 12.8 | 1,783 | 10.7 |
In bathroom | 1,815 | 15.5 | 1,783 | 9.9 |
Has handwashing facility with water | 1,962 | 95.9 | 1,949 | 93.4 |
a The N for these variables is higher because these questions were asked at each round.