“The experience of collecting water in rural Africa”
Dr. Joseph Cook, School of Economic Sciences
Wednesday, October 18
PACCAR room 202, 3:10 p.m.
WSU Pullman
We use the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) approach on a sample of 220 water collectors in rural Meru County, Kenya, the first such application of the technique in a developing country. We asked respondents to complete a short survey four times per day, six days per week, over eight weeks during the dry agricultural season about primary and secondary activities and several affect measures, yielding a usable sample of 14,280 affect and time use records.
Our respondents, 92% of whom are women, spend 30% of their waking hours on household chores around the home (washing, cleaning, pounding grain) and 10% on water collection. They are more likely to report being tired when they are farming or collecting firewood or water. Exploiting the panel data with a person fixed-effects regression model, we find that respondents report being happier (compared to household work) when they are socializing and going to market, and less happy when they are farming, idle, or collecting firewood or water.
Dr. Joseph Cook is an Associate Professor in the School of Economic Sciences at WSU Pullman. His research interests focus on water resource economics, stormwater and green infrastructure, and international development, including water and sanitation policy in developing countries.
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