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Vayots Dzor Marz Settlements: Jermuk, Vayk Towns and Zaritap Village A D B F U N D E D W A T E R S U P P L Y A N D S A N I T A T I O N S E C T O R P R O J E C T – A D D I T I O N A L F I N A N C I N G IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER SYSTEMS OF RA SETTLEMENTS SOCIAL AND GENDER SURVEY PHASE I SUBPROJECT VIII Improvement of the water supply systems Vayots Dzor Marz settlements: Jermuk, Vayk towns and Zaritap village Yerevan, February, 2014 JINJ LLC HGSN LLC –JINJ LLC Improvement of the water supply systems of RA settlements STATE COMMITTEE OF WATER SYSTEM UNDER THE RA MINISTRY FOR TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE „ARMWATERSEWERAGE‟ CJSC W A T E R S U P P L Y A N D S A N I T A T I O N S E C T O R P R O J E C T – A D D I T I O N A L F I N A N C I N G F U N D E D B Y A D B DETAILED DESIGN SUBPROJECT VIII – IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN THE SETTLEMENTS OF SYUNIK REGION Contract L2860 - ICB - 1- 08 Report: Social and gender survey (phase 1) Project director V. Hovasapyan SOS MM LLC, Director M. Hakobyan SOS MM LLC, Design Chief Engineer G. Pokrikyan PR Specialist H. Aslanyan Yerevan, February, 2014 JINJ LLC VIII Subproject – Detailed design 2 HGSN LLC –JINJ LLC Improvement of the water supply systems of RA settlements Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3 1. Social survey ................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Social-demographic description of the population in the area of the project ..................... 5 1.2 The survey method and selection ..................................................................................... 5 1.3 Gender-age combination of the respondents and description of households .................... 5 1.4 Main income sources of the households ........................................................................... 6 1.5 Sanitary conditions in the households .............................................................................. 7 1.6 Assessment of the current state of the water supply ......................................................... 7 1.6.1 Methods of drinking water consumption by the households .................................... 7 1.6.2 Duration of the average daily water supply of the households ................................ 8 1.6.3 Satisfaction from the water supply duration and quality .......................................... 9 1.7 Drinking water-born diseases ......................................................................................... 11 1.8 Main issues of women related to the water supply .......................................................... 11 1.8.1 Drinking water supply in the households ............................................................... 11 1.8.2 Main purposes of drinking water consumptions .................................................... 13 1.9 Payments for the consumed water ................................................................................. 13 1.9.1 Frequency of payments of the consumed water bill .............................................. 13 1.9.3 Payments for public services ................................................................................ 15 1.10 Attitude towards the measurment system of the consumed water volume .................... 16 1.11 Awareness and cooperation with AWS CJSC regarding the activities directed at improvement and support of the services provided to the AWS consumers ................ 16 1.11.1 Awareness of AWS CJSC consumers about the activities of the service improvement and support ......................................................................................... 16 1.11.2 Cooperation with AWS CJSC ............................................................................. 17 1.12 Results of the analyses of social-gender surveys ......................................................... 18 Appendix 1. Social survey checklist .......................................................................................... 19 Appendix 2. Photos of social and gender surveys, discussions ................................................. 22 VIII Subproject – Detailed design 3 HGSN LLC –JINJ LLC Improvement of the water supply systems of RA settlements Table 1. Gender-age combination ............................................................................................... 5 Table 2. Means of drinking water consumption ........................................................................... 7 Table 3. Duration of water supply............................................................................................... 8 Table 4. Water supply hours and duration .................................................................................. 9 Table 5. Water quality ............................................................................................................... 10 Table 6. Assessment of water quality ....................................................................................... 10 Table 7. Water-born diseases .................................................................................................. 11 Table 8. Issues relating to the missing water supply ................................................................ 12 Table 9. Water availability ........................................................................................................ 13 Table 10. Main purposes of drinking water consumption .......................................................... 13 Table 11. Payment of the water bill .......................................................................................... 13 Table 12. Payments for consumed water ................................................................................. 14 Table 13. Awareness of AWS CJSC ........................................................................................ 17 Table 14. Cooperation with AWS CJSC .................................................................................. 17 Table 15. Future cooperation with AWS CJSC ......................................................................... 17 Graph 1 …………………………………………………………………………………………6 Graph 2 …………………………………………………………………………………………6 Graph 3 …………………………………………………………………………………………10 Graph 4 ………………………………………………………………………………………..12 Graph 5 ………………………………………………………………………………………..14 Graph 6 ………………………………………………………………………………………..15 Graph 7 ………………………………………………………………………………………..15 VIII Subproject – Detailed design 4 HGSN LLC –JINJ LLC Improvement of the water supply systems of RA settlements 1. Social survey 1.1 Social-demographic description of the population in the area of the project The project area covers the urban communities of Vayk, Jermuk and the rural community of Zaritap in the region of Vayots Dzor. By January 1st, 2013 the number of the permanent population in the subproject area in the region of Vayots Dzor was 15900 people, the number of the present population was 14496, from which the number of women was 7963. In the area of Vayots Dzor region the number of households (hereafter HH) is 4616. In this area there is a tendency of natural growth, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 15 people according to the data of 2012. The number of newborns was 128, and the ones who died 113 people. The presented information, the statistics have been received from the urban and rural community authorities. 1.2 The survey method and selection During the survey the method of random choice has been applied, through which an equal possibility has been provided for the involvement of each household from the main complex. Based on this principle the survey selection has been 57 households out of 4335 existing households of the 3 communities.Information within the area of the households has been gathered by a developed checklist.The checklist is attached in the Appendix 1. 1.3 Gender-age combination of the respondents and description of households In the households the 36.8% of the survey participants were at the age of 41-60, 35.1% - 26- 40, 19.3% - 61 and older, and 8.8% - 18-25. Among them 23.3% of the participants were men, and 76.7% were women. The prevalent number of women in comparison with the number of men can be reasoned by the fact, that during the inquiry men were busy or were abroad, and that the number of women prevails in the region. It should also be mentioned, that mostly women are involved in the drinking water issues, as they often deal with household duties and sanitary needs. The checklist is attached in Appendix 1 Table 1. Gender-age combination Age Gender 18-25 26-40 41-60 60-and older Male 60.0% 25.0% 23.8% 9.1% Female 40.0% 75.0% 76.2% 90.9% The number of members in 57 households selected in the survey was 210 people, 38.6% of which were women, 42.4% were men, and 19.0% were teenagers up to 18 years old. That is to say in each household selected for the survey the number of teenagers on average was 0.7, VIII Subproject – Detailed design 5 HGSN LLC –JINJ LLC Improvement of the water supply systems of RA settlements among the adults women make 47.6%. It must also be mentioned, that in 56.1% of surveyed households there were no children. On average the number of selected family members was 3.7. Survey of the employment characteristics of the respondents shows, that 19.3% are state/ community employees, 31.6% have their private buisness, 15.8.% are involved in agriculture, 24.6% are housewives, 15.8% are pensioners, 5.3% are unemloyed, 13.5% are students. 1.4 Main income
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