Table 2. Characteristics of the 24 countries included in the analysis based on Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.
| Country | Survey | Number of households surveyed | Households without water on premises | Households without water on premise and with > 30 minute water collection1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | Primary water collector | Prevalence | Primary water collector | |||||||||||
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |||||||
| Adult female | Child | Adult female | Child | Adult female | Child | Adult female | Child | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | MICS 2006 | 6,034 | 68% | 97% | 67% | 12% | 90% | 5% | 22% | 34% | 64% | 25% | 88% | 6% |
| Burundi | MICS 2005 | 8,220 | 57% | 98% | 59% | 32% | 57% | 36% | 22% | 36% | 60% | 32% | 57% | 34% |
| Cameroon | MICS 2006 | 9,856 | 68% | 92% | 39% | 28% | 51% | 28% | 13% | 27% | 40% | 29% | 57% | 25% |
| Central African Republic | MICS 2006 | 11,941 | 89% | 98% | 67% | 21% | 77% | 12% | 14% | 28% | 64% | 26% | 79% | 12% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | MICS 2006 | 7,600 | 15% | 68% | 80% | 12% | 87% | 9% | 8% | 24% | 89% | 9% | 90% | 6% |
| Ethiopia | DHS 2011 | 16,702 | 50% | 99% | 70% | 12% | 72% | 20% | 22% | 43% | 72% | 18% | 71% | 20% |
| Gambia | MICS 2005/06 | 6,175 | 45% | 88% | 76% | 8% | 85% | 9% | 17% | 14% | 82% | 8% | 90% | 6% |
| Ghana | DHS 2008 | 11,778 | 58% | 94% | 60% | 16% | 66% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 65% | 7% | 79% | 9% |
| Guinea-Bissau | MICS 2006 | 5,452 | 58% | 89% | 92% | 5% | 94% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 85% | 12% | 90% | 8% |
| Lesotho | DHS 2009 | 9,391 | 37% | 95% | 68% | 8% | 72% | 9% | 10% | 18% | 77% | 5% | 77% | 9% |
| Liberia | DHS 2007 | 6,824 | 85% | 92% | 43% | 38% | 66% | 24% | 6% | 2% | 39% | 39% | 63% | 18% |
| Madagascar | DHS 2008/09 | 17,857 | 67% | 88% | 62% | 16% | 71% | 17% | 3% | 5% | 62% | 13% | 71% | 12% |
| Malawi | MICS 2006 | 31,200 | 72% | 98% | 83% | 6% | 88% | 7% | 26% | 36% | 85% | 6% | 89% | 5% |
| Mali | DHS 2006 | 12,998 | 43% | 60% | 55% | 44% | 69% | 31% | 3% | 5% | 52% | 46% | 64% | 32% |
| Mauritania | MICS 2007 | 10,937 | 19% | 77% | 50% | 12% | 75% | 9% | 39% | 58% | 51% | 12% | 75% | 9% |
| Mozambique | MICS 2008 | 14,300 | 75% | 98% | 80% | 11% | 88% | 7% | 28% | 43% | 84% | 9% | 88% | 7% |
| Namibia | DHS 2006/07 | 9,200 | 19% | 68% | 59% | 5% | 62% | 15% | 4% | 21% | 68% | 4% | 58% | 19% |
| Niger | DHS 2006 | 7,660 | 53% | 93% | 41% | 46% | 63% | 26% | 6% | 33% | 28% | 55% | 53% | 32% |
| Nigeria | MICS 2007 | 28,603 | 73% | 88% | 53% | 17% | 44% | 19% | 16% | 30% | 46% | 16% | 47% | 17% |
| Sao Tome & Principe | DHS 2008/09 | 3,536 | 59% | 75% | 73% | 12% | 67% | 13% | 22% | 16% | 69% | 10% | 71% | 11% |
| Sierra Leone | MICS 2005/06 | 8,000 | 74% | 98% | 45% | 37% | 77% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 42% | 33% | 79% | 16% |
| Somalia | MICS 2006 | 6,000 | 61% | 99% | 51% | 7% | 72% | 6% | 30% | 52% | 49% | 4% | 63% | 6% |
| Swaziland | DHS 2006/07 | 4,843 | 24% | 73% | 63% | 7% | 70% | 14% | 7% | 27% | 67% | 18% | 72% | 11% |
| Zimbabwe | MICS 2009 | 12,500 | 23% | 86% | 70% | 4% | 82% | 7% | 20% | 22% | 70% | 6% | 83% | 5% |
1 The denominator used to calculate the percentage is the number of households without water on premises for either urban or rural residence.