Demographic aspects of migrants’ access to drinkable water in South Africa: Insight from the 2011 census

• Main Author: Duba, Vuyolethu
• Other Authors: Nsengiyumva, Philomene
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2021
• Subjects: Migration; Piped water; Water source; Metropolitan; Non-metropolitan
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8011

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil === The issue of migrants’ access to drinkable water is a developmental issue. From a fundamental research view point, this study aims to explore the circumstances in which migrants access water across metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of South Africa. The study examines the inequalities that may arise in the context of piped water access, different water sources, other alternative water, reliability of water, and closely related issues focusing specifically on internal migrants in general. The study focuses on demographic characteristics such as age, gender, education, employment status, level of income, duration of residence, province of residence and ethnic groups. Bringing together the demographic variables and water related variables, the study captures the determinants of water access by comparing metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Using the 2011 Census secondary data requested from Statistics South Africa, cross tabulation and bivariate statistical analysis by means of SPSS software was performed.