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Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria

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  • Xu, Dafeng

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This paper analyzes Nigeria's rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility. The paper shows that rural-urban inequality could largely be attributed to wealth status. Within each wealth group, the degree of rural-urban inequality was statistically insignificant. These findings suggest that Nigeria's issues of drinking water inaccessibility were primarily a socioeconomic challenge rather than rural-urban disparities in infrastructure and services beyond individual households. The observed inequality largely stemmed from the concentration of households with low socioeconomic status in rural Nigeria, but low-income urban residents experienced a comparable degree of water inaccessibility and derived no inherent benefit from urban residency.

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  • Xu, Dafeng, 2025. "Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:juipol:v:93:y:2025:i:c:s0957178724001589
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101864
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