TY - JOUR
T1 - The household water insecurity experiences (Hwise) scale
T2 - Comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries
AU - Stoler, Justin
AU - Miller, Joshua D.
AU - Adams, Ellis A.
AU - Ahmed, Farooq
AU - Alexander, Mallika
AU - Asiki, Gershim
AU - Balogun, Mobolanle
AU - Boivin, Michael J.
AU - Brewis, Alexandra
AU - Carrillo, Genny
AU - Chapman, Kelly
AU - Cole, Stroma
AU - Collins, Shalean M.
AU - Escobar-Vargas, Jorge
AU - Eini-Zinab, Hassan
AU - Freeman, Matthew C.
AU - Ghorbani, Monet
AU - Hagaman, Ashley
AU - Hawley, Nicola
AU - Jamaluddine, Zeina
AU - Jepson, Wendy E.
AU - Krishnakumar, Divya
AU - Maes, Kenneth
AU - Mathad, Jyoti
AU - Maupin, Jonathan
AU - Owuor, Patrick Mbullo
AU - Morales, Milton Marin
AU - Morán-Martínez, Javier
AU - Omidvar, Nasrin
AU - Pearson, Amber L.
AU - Rasheed, Sabrina
AU - Rosinger, Asher Y.
AU - Samayoa-Figueroa, Luisa
AU - Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ernesto C.
AU - Santoso, Marianne V.
AU - Schuster, Roseanne C.
AU - Sheikhi, Mahdieh
AU - Srivastava, Sonali
AU - Staddon, Chad
AU - Sullivan, Andrea
AU - Tesfaye, Yihenew
AU - Trowell, Alex
AU - Tshala-Katumbay, Desire
AU - Tutu, Raymond
AU - Workman, Cassandra L.
AU - Wutich, Amber
AU - Young, Sera L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of the Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISERCN) funded by the National Science Foundation under grant no. BCS-1759972. We also thank Hala Ghattas, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, and Nathaly Triviño for additional support of this project. The HWISE study was funded with the Competitive Research Grants to Develop Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA). IMMANA is funded with UK Aid from the UK government. This project was also supported by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Center for Water Research at Northwestern University; Arizona State University’s Center for Global Health at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Decision Center for a Desert City (National Science Foundation, No. SES-1462086); and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research of the University of Miami. S.L.Y. was supported by the National Institutes of Health (Nos NIMH R21 MH108444 and NIMH K01 MH098902). W.E.J. was supported by the National Science Foundation (No. BCS-1560962) and the Texas A&M University-CONACYT Research Collaborative Grant. C.S. was supported by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. M.C.F. was supported by the World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (Award No. 7175829). Funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of the Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN) funded by the National Science Foundation under grant no. BCS-1759972. We also thank Hala Ghattas, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, and Nathaly Triviño for additional support of this project. The HWISE study was funded with the Competitive Research Grants to Develop Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA). IMMANA is funded with UK Aid from the UK government. This project was also supported by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Center for Water Research at Northwestern University; Arizona State University’s Center for Global Health at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Decision Center for a Desert City (National Science Foundation, No. SES-1462086); and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research of the University of Miami. S.L.Y. was supported by the National Institutes of Health (Nos NIMH R21 MH108444 and NIMH K01 MH098902). W.E.J. was supported by the National Science Foundation (No. BCS-1560962) and the Texas A&M University-CONACYT Research Collaborative Grant. C.S. was supported by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. M.C.F. was supported by the World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (Award No. 7175829). Funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Household survey data from 27 sites in 22 countries were collected in 2017–2018 in order to construct and validate a cross-cultural household-level water insecurity scale. The resultant Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale presents a useful tool for monitoring and evaluating water interventions as a complement to traditional metrics used by the development community. It can also help track progress toward achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6 ‘clean water and sanitation for all’. We present HWISE scale scores from 27 sites as comparative data for future studies using the HWISE scale in low-and middle-income contexts. Site-level mean scores for HWISE-12 (scored 0–36) ranged from 1.64 (SD 4.22) in Pune, India, to 20.90 (7.50) in Cartagena, Colombia, while site-level mean scores for HWISE-4 (scored 0–12) ranged from 0.51 (1.50) in Pune, India, to 8.21 (2.55) in Punjab, Pakistan. Scores tended to be higher in the dry season as expected. Data from this first implementation of the HWISE scale demonstrate the diversity of water insecurity within and across communities and can help to situate findings from future applications of this tool.
AB - Household survey data from 27 sites in 22 countries were collected in 2017–2018 in order to construct and validate a cross-cultural household-level water insecurity scale. The resultant Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale presents a useful tool for monitoring and evaluating water interventions as a complement to traditional metrics used by the development community. It can also help track progress toward achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6 ‘clean water and sanitation for all’. We present HWISE scale scores from 27 sites as comparative data for future studies using the HWISE scale in low-and middle-income contexts. Site-level mean scores for HWISE-12 (scored 0–36) ranged from 1.64 (SD 4.22) in Pune, India, to 20.90 (7.50) in Cartagena, Colombia, while site-level mean scores for HWISE-4 (scored 0–12) ranged from 0.51 (1.50) in Pune, India, to 8.21 (2.55) in Punjab, Pakistan. Scores tended to be higher in the dry season as expected. Data from this first implementation of the HWISE scale demonstrate the diversity of water insecurity within and across communities and can help to situate findings from future applications of this tool.
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U2 - 10.2166/washdev.2021.108
DO - 10.2166/washdev.2021.108
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117190910
SN - 2043-9083
VL - 11
SP - 1102
EP - 1110
JO - Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
JF - Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
IS - 6
ER -