[ Les déterminants de l’accès à l’eau potable en milieu rural au Burkina Faso: Cas de la commune rurale de SAABA ]
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 882–905
Samuel Yonkeu1 and Finlé BITIE2
1 Université Aube Nouvelle, 06 BP: 9283, Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
2 Doctorant en environnement à l’Université Aube Nouvelle, Burkina Faso
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Water, a natural resource whose usefulness no longer needs to be demonstrated, is currently at the center of debate. Drinking water is a key determinant of household well-being. This is the reason why the value of water and its contribution to human well-being enjoy particular recognition. The objective of this article is to analyze the determinants of access to drinking water in rural areas in Burkina Faso. The research methodology used is quantitative. Data was collected through a questionnaire sent to 284 households in the rural commune of Saaba. From the analysis of this data, it appears that most households store their drinking water for a long period, the distances traveled to have access to a source of drinking water is long, the bad habits which consist of obtaining water in non-potable sources remain relevant. The estimation of the Heckman selection model yielded the following results. Indeed, the sex and age of the head of household, the income of the household, its size, the level of education of the head of household, the taste of the water, the location of the water source, the reliability of the source, the number of children in the household, are the main determinants of adequate access to drinking water in rural areas in Burkina Faso.
Author Keywords: Water, drinking, environment, rural, Burkina Faso, municipality, SAABA.
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 882–905
Samuel Yonkeu1 and Finlé BITIE2
1 Université Aube Nouvelle, 06 BP: 9283, Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
2 Doctorant en environnement à l’Université Aube Nouvelle, Burkina Faso
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Water, a natural resource whose usefulness no longer needs to be demonstrated, is currently at the center of debate. Drinking water is a key determinant of household well-being. This is the reason why the value of water and its contribution to human well-being enjoy particular recognition. The objective of this article is to analyze the determinants of access to drinking water in rural areas in Burkina Faso. The research methodology used is quantitative. Data was collected through a questionnaire sent to 284 households in the rural commune of Saaba. From the analysis of this data, it appears that most households store their drinking water for a long period, the distances traveled to have access to a source of drinking water is long, the bad habits which consist of obtaining water in non-potable sources remain relevant. The estimation of the Heckman selection model yielded the following results. Indeed, the sex and age of the head of household, the income of the household, its size, the level of education of the head of household, the taste of the water, the location of the water source, the reliability of the source, the number of children in the household, are the main determinants of adequate access to drinking water in rural areas in Burkina Faso.
Author Keywords: Water, drinking, environment, rural, Burkina Faso, municipality, SAABA.
Abstract: (french)
L’eau est une ressource naturelle dont l’utilité n’est plus à démontrer, est présentement au centre des débats. L’eau potable est un déterminant clé du bien-être des ménages. C’est la raison pour laquelle la valeur de l’eau et son concours au bien-être des hommes jouissent d’une reconnaissance particulière. L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser les déterminant de l’accès à l’eau potable en milieu rural au Burkina Faso. La méthodologie de recherche utilisée est quantitative. Les données ont été collectées grâce un questionnaire adressé à 284 ménages dans la commune rurale de Saaba. De l’analyse de ces données, il ressort que la plupart des ménages stockent leur eau de boisson pendant une longue période, les distances parcourues pour avoir accès à une source d’eau potable est longue, les mauvaises habitudes qui consistant à s’approvisionner dans les sources non potables demeurent d’actualité. L’estimation du modèle de sélection de Heckman a permis d’avoir des résultats suivants. En effet, le sexe et l’âge du chef de ménage, le revenu du ménage, sa taille, le niveau d’instruction du chef de ménage, le goût de l’eau, l’emplacement de la source d’eau, la fiabilité de la source, le nombre d’enfant dans le ménage, sont les principaux déterminants d’un accès adéquat en eau potable en milieu rural au Burkina Faso.
Author Keywords: Eau, potable, milieu, rural, Burkina Faso, commune, SAABA.
How to Cite this Article
Samuel Yonkeu and Finlé BITIE, “The determinants of access to drinking water in rural areas in Burkina Faso: Case of the rural commune of SAABA,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 882–905, September 2023.
