THE DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLDSWATER CONSUMPTION IN PLATEAU STATE: A CASE STUDY OF JOS METROPOLIS
THE DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLDSWATER CONSUMPTION IN PLATEAU STATE: A CASE STUDY OF JOS METROPOLIS
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2015-06
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JURYILLA, DEBORAH BITRUS
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Growing populations and lack of available cost effective supply augmentation options make reliable estimates of residential water demand important for policy making. The interest of this thesis was to assess determinants of household’s water consumption in Jos Metropolis of Plateau State. Understanding the variables that determine residential water demand helps the water supply utilities, governments and policy makers in their efforts of demand management and expanding service delivery to the un-served sections of the city. The factors that were hypothesized to affect household water demand were: income of household heads, price of water, educational level of household heads, and distance of water from home, family size, and house ownership. Data from 208 households were collected and analyzed using SPSS. Descriptive as well as Crosstab statistics were used for the descriptive results and explaining the linear relationships between the variables. Standard multiple regression analyses was used to determine factors explaining household’s determinants of water demand (more specifically water used) of the surveyed Households. The analyses indicated that income, house ownership, distance and educational status of the household head, and price were statistically significant predictors of households’ demand for water in the study area. Hence, monthly income and better education showed that people are better aware of the health benefits of reliable water and are able to obtain it. As distance and price of water increases, people sort other means regardless of the reliability of the water. People who are living in their own houses are more likely to be connected to pipe connection than those living in a rented apartment.
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A THESIS SUBMMITED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA,
IN FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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DETERMINANTS,, HOUSEHOLDSWATER CONSUMPTION,, PLATEAU STATE,, CASE STUDY,, JOS METROPOLIS,