英文文献:Determinants of household avoidance behavior to cope with unsafe drinking water: case study of Cameroon-家庭应对不安全饮用水逃避行为的决定因素:喀麦隆的个案研究
英文文献作者:Armand, Totouom Fotue Luc
英文文献摘要:
This study analyses the determinants of household avoidance behavior to cope with unsafe drinking water in Cameroon. The study is based on primary data collected in 2013 from a sample of 789 households in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé. The econometric approach used in the study is the same as McConnell and Rosado (2000). The main findings of the estimated model are the following: the decision to adjust water quality decreases when income decreases, when there is no child under five in the household, and when the quality of the water consumed is not a concern. Also, the probability of adopting a given avoidance measure decreases with its cost of adoption and increases with its efficiency (measured by people’s favourable opinion on the quality of water after adjustment). Implications for public policies are discussed in the paper.
本研究分析了喀麦隆家庭应对不安全饮用水逃避行为的决定因素。这项研究基于2013年从杜阿拉和雅温得两个城市的789户家庭中收集的原始数据。研究中使用的计量经济学方法与McConnell和Rosado(2000)相同。估计模型的主要结果如下:当收入减少、家庭中没有五岁以下儿童以及所消耗的水的质量不是问题时,调整水质的决定就会减少。此外,采用某一避免措施的可能性随其采用成本而降低,随其效率(以人们对调整后水质的好感度来衡量)而增加。本文讨论了对公共政策的启示。