Factors influencing householders' access to improved water in low-income urban areas of Accra, Ghana

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 318-331

  Mahama, Ayisha Matuamo ^a   Anaman, Kwabena Asomanin ^a   Osei Akoto, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra; Ghana; Water demand; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITY; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905088538     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.149     Document Type: Article

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