Urban Household Water Use Baseline Survey for Blantyre and Lilongwe Cities

This urban water survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development MoAIWD to assess the current problemsassociated with water use, supply and sanitation in the Cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe. The purpose of the survey was to generate baseline information and provide recommendations that would facilitate adequate and sustainable water supply in the two cities as well as addressing sanitation issues. In order to adequately achieve the objectives of the baseline survey, a combination of approaches was used. These include (i) collection and review of secondary literature and (ii) conducting a reconnaissance survey and (c) primary data collecting through a household survey, focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews. The household survey covered a total of 2,266 sample households (1,131 sample households in Blantyre City and 1,135 sample households in Lilongwe City). The dataverse provides the household survey data, meta-data, FGD transcripts and reports from the study

本次城市用水调研由农业、灌溉与水利发展部（Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development，缩写MoAIWD）委托开展，旨在评估布兰太尔市与利隆圭市当前在用水、供水及卫生领域存在的突出问题。本次调研的核心目标为生成基线信息，并提出针对性建议，以助力两座城市实现充足且可持续的供水目标，同时妥善解决卫生相关问题。为充分达成本次基线调研的既定目标，研究采用多方法融合的研究路径，具体包括：(i) 收集并梳理二手文献；(ii) 开展踏勘调研；(iii) 通过家庭入户调查、焦点小组讨论（Focus Group Discussions，缩写FGDs）以及关键知情人访谈采集一手数据。本次家庭入户调查共覆盖2266个抽样家庭，其中布兰太尔市1131户，利隆圭市1135户。本Dataverse数据馆藏有本次研究的家庭入户调查数据、元数据、焦点小组讨论转录文本及研究报告。