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. 2019 Sep 29;4(5):e001750. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001750

Table 1.

Overview of household water insecurity experiences study sites, by World Bnk region

World Bank region Site (n) Water insecurity module version Urbanicity Sampling strategy Season of data collection Respondent sex, % female Respondent age, mean (SD) Household size, mean (SD)
Africa Accra, Ghana (229) 1 Urban Stratified random Rainy season 78.2 37.3 (12.9) 6.2 (5.2)
Lagos, Nigeria (239) 1 Urban Multi-stage random Rainy season 73.5 39.2 (10.8) 4.8 (3.1)
Kahemba, DRC (392)* 1 Rural Cluster randomised control trial Dry season 65.6 38.5 (14.7) 6.7 (2.7)
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (259) 1 Rural Stratified random Rainy season 100 36.0 (13.0) 5.0 (2.2)
Singida, Tanzania (564) 1 Rural Purposive, community led Dry season 56.7 32.8 (9.1) 6.2 (2.2)
Lilongwe, Malawi (302) 1 Peri-urban Cluster random Neither rainy nor dry season 86.8 32.3 (12.0) 5.2 (2.3)
Arua, Uganda (250) 1 Rural Cluster random Rainy season 85.6 36.5 (14.8) 6.1 (2.9)
Kisumu, Kenya (247) 1 Rural Simple random Neither rainy nor dry season 81.3 39.3 (15.5) 5.5 (2.8)
Kampala, Uganda (246) 1 Urban Purposive Dry season 69.1 37.3 (11.2) 5.4 (3.0)
Morogoro, Tanzania (300) 2 Urban and peri-urban Cluster random Rainy season 78.3 40.1 (14.9) 6.2 (3.5)
East Asia and Pacific Upolu, Samoa (176)† 1 Urban and peri-urban Purposive Across multiple seasons 57.5 50.9 (9.8) n.d.
Labuan Bajo, Indonesia (279) 2 Urban Cluster random Dry season 44.8 38.2 (11.3) 4.6 (1.9)
Europe and Central Asia Dushanbe, Tajikistan (225) 1 Urban Cluster random Dry season 73.3 41.0 (14.4) 5.5 (2.7)
Latin America and the Caribbean Ceará, Brazil (254) 1 Urban Cluster random Neither rainy nor dry season 70.1 43.2 (16.1) 4.0 (1.8)
Mérida, Mexico (250) 1 Urban Cluster random Dry season 63.2 45.3 (15.5) 4.7 (2.7)
Acatenango, Guatemala (101)† 1 Peri-urban Cluster random Dry season 93.0 48.0 (16.1) 4.8 (2.1)
Honda, Colombia (196)*† 1 Peri-urban Cluster random Rainy season 63.6 52.2 (15.2) 3.4 (1.9)
Torreón, Mexico (249) 2 Urban Simple random Middle/end of dry season 73.1 46.3 (16.6) 3.7 (1.9)
San Borja, Bolivia (247) 2 Rural Simple random Dry season 58.6 40.0 (14.6) 5.8 (3.0)
Chiquimula, Guatemala (314) 2 Rural Systematic random Middle/end of dry season 86.6 38.8 (15.0) 6.1 (2.5)
Gressier, Haiti (292) 2 Peri-urban Stratified random Dry season 98.6 36.1 (14.0) 5.0 (2.2)
Cartagena, Colombia (266) 2 Urban Stratified random Dry season 69.2 40.8 (15.1) 5.3 (2.8)
Middle East and North Africa Beirut, Lebanon (573) 2 Urban Cluster random Rainy season 63.8 42.9 (14.9) 4.2 (1.9)
Sistan and Balochistan, Iran (306) 2 Urban, peri-urban and rural Stratified random Rainy season 99.0 33.3 (10.9) 5.4 (2.3)
South Asia Kathmandu, Nepal (263) 1 Urban Cluster random Rainy season 71.5 41.4 (13.3) 4.8 (2.2)
Pune, India (180)† 1 Urban Parallel assignment, non-randomised Across multiple seasons 100 29.5 (5.8) 4.3 (2.7)
Punjab, Pakistan (235) 2 Rural and peri-urban Cluster random Dry season 57.5 35.9 (10.1) 8.1 (2.8)
Rajasthan, India (248) 2 Urban Stratified random Dry season 27.0 41.9 (13.1) 6.3 (3.6)

*Dropped from analysis because of problems with survey questionnaires.

†Dropped from analysis for achieving less than 90% of the a priori sample size.