TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in household access to water in countries of the former Soviet Union
AU - Roberts, Bayard
AU - Stickley, Andrew
AU - Gasparishvili, Alexander
AU - Haerpfer, Christian
AU - McKee, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
The HITT Project was funded by the European Union’s 7th Framework Program, project HEALTH-F2-2009-223344. The European Commission cannot accept any responsibility for any information provided or views expressed.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Background Evidence from the Early 2000s quantified limited coverage of household water supplies in countries of the former Soviet Union. The study objectives were to measure changes in access to piped household water in seven of these countries between 2001 and 2010 and examine how these varied by household economic status.MethodsCross-sectional household sample surveys were conducted in 2010 in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Data on household piped water were compared with a related 2001 study and descriptive, regression and relative risk analyses applied.ResultsIncreases in access to piped water in the home between 2001 and 2010 were recorded in urban and rural areas of all countries, except Kazakhstan. Access remains lower in rural areas. The relative risk of urban households not having piped water in 2010 compared with 2001 diminished by one-third for households with a bad/very bad economic situation [rate ratio (RR): 0.66] and by half for wealthier households (RR: 0.48). In rural areas, the declines were 15 for households with a bad/very bad economic situation (RR: 0.85) and 30 for wealthier households (RR: 0.69).ConclusionsDespite encouraging increases in access to piped water, there remain significant gaps for rural and poorer households.
AB - Background Evidence from the Early 2000s quantified limited coverage of household water supplies in countries of the former Soviet Union. The study objectives were to measure changes in access to piped household water in seven of these countries between 2001 and 2010 and examine how these varied by household economic status.MethodsCross-sectional household sample surveys were conducted in 2010 in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Data on household piped water were compared with a related 2001 study and descriptive, regression and relative risk analyses applied.ResultsIncreases in access to piped water in the home between 2001 and 2010 were recorded in urban and rural areas of all countries, except Kazakhstan. Access remains lower in rural areas. The relative risk of urban households not having piped water in 2010 compared with 2001 diminished by one-third for households with a bad/very bad economic situation [rate ratio (RR): 0.66] and by half for wealthier households (RR: 0.48). In rural areas, the declines were 15 for households with a bad/very bad economic situation (RR: 0.85) and 30 for wealthier households (RR: 0.69).ConclusionsDespite encouraging increases in access to piped water, there remain significant gaps for rural and poorer households.
KW - determinants
KW - former Soviet Union
KW - water
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U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr115
DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr115
M3 - Article
C2 - 22267289
AN - SCOPUS:84865584642
SN - 1741-3842
VL - 34
SP - 352
EP - 359
JO - Journal of Public Health
JF - Journal of Public Health
IS - 3
ER -