Table 1.
Selected Descriptive Statistics for Sources in Study Area
| Factor | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterpoint functional | No | 283 (20.6) |
| Yes | 1089 (79.4) | |
| Borehole functional | No | 245 (20.3) |
| Yes | 961 (79.7) | |
| Other improved source functional | No | 38 (23.2) |
| Yes | 126 (76.8) | |
| Breakdowns in the past year | No | 751 (54.7) |
| Yes | 621 (45.3) | |
| Number of breakdowns in the past year | 0 | 751 (54.7) |
| 1 | 288 (21) | |
| 2+ | 333 (24.3) | |
| Waterpoint rehabilitation | No | 938 (68.4) |
| Yes | 434 (31.6) | |
| Source type | Borehole with handpump | 1206 (82.2) |
| Other improved source | 164 (11.2) | |
| Unimproved | 98 (6.7) | |
| Pump type | Afridev | 256 (19.1) |
| India Mark II | 868 (64.7) | |
| Nira | 45 (3.4) | |
| Vergnet | 9 (0.7) | |
| No pump | 164 (12.2) | |
| Age of waterpoint | <5 years | 154 (11.7) |
| 5–10 years | 158 (12.1) | |
| 10–15 years | 460 (35.1) | |
| 15–20 years | 359 (27.4) | |
| 20+ years | 180 (13.7) | |
| Constructing organization | Bank/company/individual | 23 (1.7) |
| Community/district assembly | 100 (7.6) | |
| Development bank/Foreign government | 101 (7.7) | |
| Do not know | 121 (9.2) | |
| Hilton | 898 (68.1) | |
| Non‐hilton funded NGO/church | 75 (5.7) | |
| Waterpoints enumerated in the community | 1 waterpoint | 217 (14.8) |
| 2–3 waterpoints | 566 (38.5) | |
| 4–6 waterpoints | 313 (21.3) | |
| 7+ waterpoints | 374 (25.4) | |
| Identified management within the community | Identified management in community | 1228 (90) |
| No identified management in community | 137 (10) | |
| Interviewee's knowledge of number of users | No | 864 (63) |
| Yes | 508 (37) | |
| Number of users (quartiles) | 0–20 | 145 (28.5) |
| 150+ | 134 (26.4) | |
| 21–49 | 81 (15.9) | |
| 50–150 | 148 (29.1) | |
| Tariff collected | No | 713 (52) |
| Yes | 659 (48) | |
| Time of tariff collection | Paid per unit time (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) | 224 (34.4) |
| Per trip/bucket | 418 (64.2) | |
| When broken down, occasionally | 9 (1.4) | |
| Savings (cedis) | 0–10 | 366 (41.8) |
| 10–100 | 373 (42.6) | |
| 100–1000 | 136 (15.5) | |
| Time needed to get spare parts | 0 days | 126 (11.2) |
| 1–6 days | 667 (59.5) | |
| >1 week | 328 (29.3) | |
| Time needed for a mechanic | 0 days | 118 (10.7) |
| 1–2 days | 711 (64.2) | |
| 3+ days | 278 (25.1) | |
| Interviewee's awareness of an area mechanic | No | 332 (32) |
| Yes | 707 (68) | |
| Population density quartiles (Population per 100 m2) | Q1: < 0.1055 people per 100 m2 | 376 (25.6) |
| Q2: 0.1058–0.4071 people per 100 m2 | 372 (25.3) | |
| Q2: 0.4104–5.5724 people per 100 m2 | 370 (25.2) | |
| Q3: 5.6142–285 people per 100 m2 | 352 (23.9) | |
| Groundwater storage (water depth in mm) | L: <1000 mm | 370 (25.2) |
| LM: 1000–10,000 mm | 109 (7.4) | |
| M: 10,000–25,000 mm | 991 (67.4) | |
| Groundwater productivity (boreholes—L/s) | L: 0.1–0.5 L/s | 305 (21.2) |
| LM: 0.5–1 L/s | 779 (54.2) | |
| M: 1–5 L/s | 236 (16.4) | |
| VL: <0.1 L/s | 118 (8.2) | |
| Depth to groundwater (meters belowground) | S: 7–25 m below ground | 1004 (68.3) |
| VS: 0–7 m below ground | 466 (31.7) | |
| Distance to town of at least 10,000 people | 0–12 km | 359 (24.4) |
| 12–22 km | 359 (24.4) | |
| 22–48 km | 388 (26.4) | |
| 48–82 km | 364 (24.8) | |
| District | Ashanti Akim | 269 (19.6) |
| Atebubu | 97 (7.1) | |
| Ejura Sekyedumasi | 167 (12.2) | |
| Kwahu East | 82 (6) | |
| Kwahu North | 157 (11.4) | |
| Kwahu South | 95 (6.9) | |
| Kwahu West | 67 (4.9) | |
| Mampong Municipal | 27 (2) | |
| Pru | 86 (6.3) | |
| Sekyere Afram Plains | 30 (2.2) | |
| Sekyere Central | 86 (6.3) | |
| Sekyre East | 65 (4.7) | |
| Sene | 144 (10.5) | |
| Water sources per community | Median | 2 |
| Community has ≥1 functional improved source | Yes | 507 (94.4) |
| No | 30 (5.6) |