Comparative sanitation data from high-frequency phone surveys across 3 countries

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dc.contributor.authorLewis, Amy R.
dc.contributor.authorBell, Andrew R.
dc.contributor.authorCasas, Ana
dc.contributor.authorKupiec-Teahan, Beata
dc.contributor.authorMendoza Sanchez, José
dc.contributor.authorWillcock, Simon
dc.contributor.authorAnciano, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorBarrington, Dani J.
dc.contributor.authorDube, Mmeli
dc.contributor.authorHutchings, Paul
dc.contributor.authorKarani, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorLlaxacondor, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Hellen
dc.contributor.authorMdee, Anna L.
dc.contributor.authorOfori, Alesia D.
dc.contributor.authorRiungu, Joy N.
dc.contributor.authorRussel, Kory C.
dc.contributor.authorParker, Alison H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-27T14:20:03Z
dc.date.available2024-06-27T14:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-26
dc.description.abstractWith less than half of the worldʼs urban population having safely managed sanitation due to the high cost and difficulty of building sewers and treatment plants, many rely on off-grid options like pit latrines and septic tanks, which are hard to empty and often lead to illegal waste dumping; this research focuses on container-based sanitation (CBS) as an emerging off-grid solution. Off-grid sanitation refers to waste management systems that operate independently of centralized infrastructure and CBS is a service providing toilets that collect human waste in sealable containers, which are regularly emptied and safely disposed of. These data relate to a project investigating CBS in Kenya, Peru, and South Africa, focusing on how different user groups access and utilize sanitation – contrasting CBS with other types. Participants, acting as citizen scientists, collected confidential data through a dedicated smartphone app designed by the authors and external contractors. This project aimed to explore the effective scaling, management, and regulation of off-grid sanitation systems, relevant to academics in urban planning, water and sanitation services, institutional capability, policy and governance, and those addressing inequality and poverty reduction. The 12-month data collection period offered participants small incentives for weekly engagement, in a micro payment for micro tasks approach. Participants were randomly selected, attended a training workshop, and (where needed) were given a smartphone which they could keep at the end of the project. We conducted weekly smartphone surveys in over 300 households across informal settlements. These surveys aimed to understand human-environment interactions by capturing daily life, wellbeing, income, infrastructural service use, and socioeconomic variables at a weekly resolution, contributing to more informed analyses and decision-making. The smartphone-based approach offers efficient, cost-effective, and flexible data collection, enabling extensive geographical coverage, broad subject areas, and frequent engagement. The Open Data Kit (ODK) tools were used to support data collection in the resource-constrained environment with limited or intermittent connectivity.en_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work took place under the ‘Scaling-up Off-grid Sanitation’ project (SOS; ES/T007877/1), funded with support from the United Kingdom's Global Challenge Research Fund, via the Economic and Social Research Council.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLewis AR, Bell AR, Casas A, et al., (2024) Comparative sanitation data from high-frequency phone surveys across 3 countries. Data in Brief, Volume 55, August 2024, Article number 110635en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn2352-3409
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110635
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22572
dc.language.isoen_UKen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectSanitationen_UK
dc.subjectWater Supplyen_UK
dc.subjectContainer-based Sanitationen_UK
dc.subjectOff-grid Sanitationen_UK
dc.subjectWASHen_UK
dc.subjectSmartphone Surveyen_UK
dc.subjectWellbeingen_UK
dc.subjectPovertyen_UK
dc.titleComparative sanitation data from high-frequency phone surveys across 3 countriesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-06-10

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