Choosing bottled over tapped: drinking water in the Dominican Republic

摘要: While not designated as an improved drinking water source, bottled is increasingly used by households in low- and middle-income countries families strive to obtain perceived safer water. The Dominican Republic has high levels of use despite piped access. This study aimed identify household characteristics that are associated with choosing over tapped the through further examination data available from a nationally representative Demographic Healthy Survey 2007. Among reporting their primary non-drinking 59.6% identified principal source comparison 24.7% identifying Greater wealth explained largest amount variance Other hypothesized variables related included residence more urban settings, having young child household, fewer persons head who female, younger higher education. Nationally, which include components investigating perceptions about actual quality required understand this phenomenon its impact.