Dataset

Households with Access to Safe Drinking Water in Kenya

Water Access (Drinking Water, etc)KenyaWorld Health Organization (WHO), Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Dataset Objective

To provide estimates and statistics on households accessing safe drinking water

Context

A household in Kenya is considered to have access to safe drinking water if its main source of water is improved and shielded from contamination.

What is included

The data includes; sources of drinking water in Kenya, share of households with improved water sources, access to piped water, time taken to obtain water by households, and drinking water service ladder

Collection Methods

The data is sourced from multiple sources; UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, and the Kenya Demographics and Health Survey