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Unreliable Water Access in U.S. Mobile Homes: Evidence From the American Housing Survey

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  • Gregory Pierce
  • Silvia Jimenez

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Unreliable water access significantly impairs household health and welfare. While press and policy reports suggest that residents of mobile home communities in the United States experience unreliable water access, scholarly examination of this issue has been lacking. Using data from the 2011 American Housing Survey, we first present descriptive evidence of disparities in water service reliability and then construct a binary logit regression model assessing the correlates of reliable provision. We find that living in a mobile home unit, and especially in a mobile home park, is significantly and negatively correlated with water service reliability. Our findings demonstrate the need for future research to assess the mechanisms of water service reliability within mobile home parks, as well as the relationship between living in a mobile home and other dimensions of household water security.

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  • Gregory Pierce & Silvia Jimenez, 2015. "Unreliable Water Access in U.S. Mobile Homes: Evidence From the American Housing Survey," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 739-753, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:25:y:2015:i:4:p:739-753
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2014.999815
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    2. Dobbin, Kristin B. & Fencl, Amanda L., 2021. "Institutional diversity and safe drinking water provision in the United States," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    3. Leiva, Benjamin & Van Houtven, George & Vásquez, William F. & Nájera, Andrea, 2023. "Valuing water service reliability and in-home water storage: A hedonic price model from Guatemala," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    4. Pierce, Gregory & Gabbe, C.J. & Gonzalez, Silvia R., 2018. "Improperly-zoned, spatially-marginalized, and poorly-served? An analysis of mobile home parks in Los Angeles County," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 178-185.

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