Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/68054 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 216
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
Domestic water demand is influenced both by the number of households and their characteristics, in particular the extent to which they employ water-using appliances. This paper focuses on domestic ownership of water-using appliances in Ireland, a country where rapid economic and demographic change are putting pressure on water and sewerage infrastructure. Using a large household micro-dataset, we use discrete response logistic models to examine the determinants of the water and sewage mains connection status of Irish homes, identify the characteristics of households that are associated with having larger or smaller numbers of appliances, and investigate what types of households own particular combinations of appliances.
Subjects: 
Water usage
Ireland
appliance ownership
water supply
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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