Exploring household water insecurity in rural Tunisia: A pilot study toward scale development

Ons Kammarti; Marielle Montginoul; Hamadi Habaieb

doi:10.56027/JOASD.022026

Auteurs-es

Ons Kammarti UMR G-EAU, Montpellier University, INRAE, 361 rue JF Breton – BP 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5 34196, France
Marielle Montginoul UMR G-EAU, Montpellier University, INRAE, 361 rue JF Breton – BP 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5 34196, France
Hamadi Habaieb National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT), University of Carthage, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle, Tunis, 1082, Tunisia

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.56027/JOASD.022026

Mots-clés :

Household water insecurity, Water insecurity experiences, Rural Tunisia, Water access

Résumé

This study aimed to explore household-level water insecurity experiences among rural households individually connected to a piped water system in rural areas in Tunisia. Conducted in three phases, the study comprised: (1) the development of a 15-item scale, based on a review of previous studies and adapted to the Tunisian context through qualitative interviews; (2) a survey of 51 households experiencing intermittent water supply during the summer of 2022; and (3) a series of analyses of the scale, including item reduction, exploratory factor analysis, and assessments of reliability and validity. Given the limited sample size, we frame this work as a pilot study designed to identify context-specific dimensions of water insecurity and to inform the development of a robust, validated tool in future research.

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