WaterAccess

Water access for households in West Cameroon.

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Provides most of the data files used in the textbook "Scientific Research and Methodology" by Dunn (2025, ISBN:9781032496726; forthcoming).

Peter K Dunn

SRMData

Data Files Supporting "Scientific Research and Methodology" by
Peter K. Dunn (2025)

Peter K. Dunn 

WaterAccess function

A data frame with 150 rows (15 participants by 10 reps each) 
and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Region</dt>
<dd>The region; one of <code>Mbeng</code>, <code>Mbih</code> or 
 <code>Ntsingbeu</code></dd> <dt>Age</dt>
<dd>The age of the woman in the household, in years</dd> <dt>Education</dt>
<dd>The level of education of the woman;
 one of <code>Primary or less</code> or <code>Secondary or higher</code></dd> <dt>SourceDistance</dt>
<dd>The distance to the water source; 
 one of <code>Under 100m</code>, <code>100m to 1000m</code> or <code>Over 1000m</code></dd> <dt>SourceQueueTime</dt>
<dd>The queuing time at the water source; 
 one of <code>Under 5 min</code>, <code>5 to 15 min</code> or <code>Over 15 min</code></dd> <dt>HasGarden</dt>
<dd>Whether the household has a farming garden; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd> <dt>HasLivestock</dt>
<dd>Whether the household keeps livestock; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd> <dt>HouseholdPeople</dt>
<dd>The number of people in the household</dd> <dt>HouseholdUnder5s</dt>
<dd>The number of people under 5 in the household</dd> <dt>WaterSource</dt>
<dd>The water source; 
 one of <code>Tap</code>, <code>Bore</code>, <code>Well</code> or <code>River</code></dd> <dt>WashContainer</dt>
<dd>How often the water container is washed; 
 one of <code>Before each fill</code>, <code>Once per week</code> 
 or <code>Once per month</code></dd> <dt>Diarrhea</dt>
<dd>Whether a child has had diarrhoea in the last two weeks; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd>
</dl>

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Water access — WaterAccess

A data frame with 150 rows (15 participants by 10 reps each) 
and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Region</dt>
<dd>The region; one of <code>Mbeng</code>, <code>Mbih</code> or 
 <code>Ntsingbeu</code></dd>

 <dt>Age</dt>
<dd>The age of the woman in the household, in years</dd>

 <dt>Education</dt>
<dd>The level of education of the woman;
 one of <code>Primary or less</code> or <code>Secondary or higher</code></dd>

 <dt>SourceDistance</dt>
<dd>The distance to the water source; 
 one of <code>Under 100m</code>, <code>100m to 1000m</code> or <code>Over 1000m</code></dd>

 <dt>SourceQueueTime</dt>
<dd>The queuing time at the water source; 
 one of <code>Under 5 min</code>, <code>5 to 15 min</code> or <code>Over 15 min</code></dd>

 <dt>HasGarden</dt>
<dd>Whether the household has a farming garden; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd>

 <dt>HasLivestock</dt>
<dd>Whether the household keeps livestock; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd>

 <dt>HouseholdPeople</dt>
<dd>The number of people in the household</dd>

 <dt>HouseholdUnder5s</dt>
<dd>The number of people under 5 in the household</dd>

 <dt>WaterSource</dt>
<dd>The water source; 
 one of <code>Tap</code>, <code>Bore</code>, <code>Well</code> or <code>River</code></dd>

 <dt>WashContainer</dt>
<dd>How often the water container is washed; 
 one of <code>Before each fill</code>, <code>Once per week</code> 
 or <code>Once per month</code></dd>

 <dt>Diarrhea</dt>
<dd>Whether a child has had diarrhoea in the last two weeks; 
 one of <code>Y</code> or <code>N</code></dd>


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WaterAccess: Water access

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