Table 5 Marginal effects of social factors on the probability of accessing quality water in the point of consumption.

From: Integrating water-quality analysis in national household surveys: water and sanitation sector learnings of Ecuador

 

Variable

Coefficient

Standard error

Area

Rural

−0.183***

(0.0069)

Region

Coast

−0.149***

(0.00624)

Amazon

−0.257***

(0.0125)

Insular

−0.0182

(0.0309)

Ethnicity

Afro-Ecuadorian

−0.0429**

(0.0193)

Montubio

−0.0494***

(0.0163)

Mestizo

−0.00981

(0.0105)

White and other

−0.00434

(0.0264)

Household characteristics

Household size

−0.00129

(0.00147)

Household with children <5 yrs old

−0.00124

(0.00671)

ln (per capita income)

0.0373***

(0.00366)

Household head

Woman

−0.00838

(0.00656)

Primary education

0.0135

(0.0134)

Secondary education

0.0564***

(0.0141)

Tertiary education

0.118***

(0.0155)

  1. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.
  2. Number of observations: 25,236.