Determinants of Households’ Access to Improved Drinking Water Sources: A Secondary Analysis of Eswatini 2010 and 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
Table 1
Distribution of the study samples (unweighted) by survey year.
Variables
2010 N = 4819
2014 N = 4843
n (%)
n (%)
Age of HH in years
15–34
1596 (33.1)
1302 (26.9)
35–54
1870 (38.8)
1920 (39.6)
55 and above
1353 (28.1)
1621 (33.5)
Sex of HH
Male
2574 (53.4)
2548 (52.6)
Female
2245 (46.6)
2295 (47.4)
The highest education level of HH
No education
888 (18.4)
909 (18.8)
Primary
1402 (29.1)
1409 (29.1)
Secondary
1003 (20.8)
1003 (20.7)
High school
894 (18.6)
827 (17.1)
Tertiary
632 (13.1)
695 (14.4)
Household size
1–3
2423 (50.3)
2248 (46.4)
4–6
1496 (31.0)
1630 (33.7)
7 and more
900 (18.7)
965 (19.9)
Household wealth index
Poorest
774 (16.1)
976 (20.2)
Poor
721 (15.0)
935 (19.3)
Middle
904 (18.8)
975 (20.1)
Rich
1021 (21.2)
911 (18.8)
Richest
1399 (29.0)
1047 (21.6)
Place of residence
Rural
2733 (56.7)
3561 (73.5)
Urban
2086 (43.3)
1282 (26.5)
Region
Hhohho
1232 (25.6)
1340 (27.7)
Manzini
1362 (28.3)
1340 (27.7)
Shiselweni
1078 (22.4)
1135 (23.4)
Lubombo
1147 (23.8)
1028 (21.2)
Notes: HH: household head; some percentages do not add to 100% due to rounding-off.
