Determinants of Households’ Budget Allocation to Water Consumption: Evidence from Urban Pakistan

South Asia Economic Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1177/1391561420968549

Hazrat Yousaf, Parvez Ahmed, Syed Ammad Ali

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Abstract

Per capita availability of water is a serious challenge for Pakistan, like other countries. The objectives of this study are to investigate the different sources of water supply use by Pakistan’s urban households, their willingness to pay and modelling the determinants of the households’ budget allocation for water consumption. The study employed Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) 2015–2016 data set, which revealed that more than 60 per cent of households rely on piped water. The result of the variable filtration plant shows that urban households take less care of their health because the tendency of filtered water use is low. The regression result shows negative effect of per capita income, and positive effect of square of per capita income reflects that measures to accelerate income will help to increase budget allocation for water supply at the households’ level. The findings call for accelerating the water filtration plants, water availability in tap and higher incomes while controlling the population size and shared common washroom can help to save water in the case of urban Pakistan.

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家庭预算分配给用水量的决定因素:来自巴基斯坦城市的证据

和其他国家一样，人均水资源占有量对巴基斯坦来说是一个严峻的挑战。本研究的目的是调查巴基斯坦城市家庭使用的不同供水来源，他们的支付意愿和模拟家庭用水预算分配的决定因素。该研究采用了巴基斯坦社会和生活水平测量(PSLM) 2015-2016年的数据集，该数据集显示，超过60%的家庭依赖自来水。变量过滤装置的结果表明，由于过滤水的使用趋势较低，城市家庭对健康的关注较少。回归结果显示人均收入的负作用，人均收入平方的正作用反映了加速收入的措施将有助于增加家庭层面的供水预算拨款。研究结果呼吁加快水过滤厂的建设，提高自来水供应，提高收入，同时控制人口规模和共用厕所，这些都有助于巴基斯坦城市的节水。

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South Asia Economic Journal Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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期刊介绍： The South Asian nations have progressively liberalized their economies in recent years in an effort to integrate with the world economy. They have also taken steps to enhance multilateral and regional economic integration. Even though the South Asian economies have grown at an average rate of more than 5 per cent over the last few years, roughly 40 per cent of their people still live below the poverty line. Hence, the South Asian region continues to face many challenges of economic and social development. The South Asia Economic Journal (SAEJ) is designed as a forum for informed debate on these issues, which are of vital importance to the people of the region who comprise one-sixth of the world’s population. The peer-reviewed journal is devoted to economic analysis and policy options aimed at promoting cooperation among the countries comprising South Asia. It also discusses South Asia’s position on global economic issues, its relations with other regional groupings and its response to global developments. We also welcome contributions to inter-disciplinary analysis on South Asia. As a refereed journal, SAEJ carries articles by scholars, economic commentators,policy-makers and officials, from both the private and public sectors. Our aim is to create a vibrant research space to explore the multidimensional economic issues of concern to scholars working on South Asia. Among the issues debated in relation to South Asia are: - the implications of global economic trends; - the issues and challenges by WTO; - approaches to industrialization and development; - the role of regional institutions such as the SAARC; - the relationship between SAARC and other regional economic groupings such as ASEAN; - the implications of economic liberalization for trade and investment in the region; - new initiatives that can be launched to enhance economic cooperation among the South Asian countries both on a bilateral and a regional basis.