A validity assessment of consumer satisfaction to measure performance of water services in Guatemala

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 301-309

  Vásquez, William F ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Guatemala; Service performance; Validity assessment; Water services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936929339     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: 24089362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2015.007     Document Type: Article

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