**Table 3.2: Coverage of utilities (in combination)**

<u>(Proportion of households)</u>

||National|Bya<br>|rea<br>||By <br>|quinti<br>|le<br>||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Urban|Rural|1|2|3|4|5|
|No network service|.16|.02|.27|.39|.21|.15|.06|.02|
|One network service|.23|.09|.34|.33|.32|.29|.27|.04|
|Two network services|.28|.22|.32|.26|.37|.34|.32|.11|
|Three network services|.18|.34|.06|.02|.09|.20|.31|.27|
|Four network services|.15|.32|.01|.001|.01|.03|.14|.56|

No service = lack of all network services and latrine.

Network services = electricity, piped water in dwelling or field, telephone (fixed or cellular), and toilet connected to sewerage. _Source:_ World Bank calculations using the ENCOVI 2000, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Guatemala

**Table 3.3: Specific combinations of utility services**

<u>(Proportion of households)</u>

||National|Bya|rea||B|y quint|il||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Urban|Rural|1|2|3|4|5|
|One network service|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|
|Electricity|.57|.79|.53|.34|.52|.75|.78|.69|
|Water|.42|.19|.47|.65|.47|.25|.22|.25|
|Phone|.004|.01|.003|0|.01|0|0|.06|
|Sewerage|.001|.01|0|.001|.002|.002|0|0|
|Two network services|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|
|Electricity and water|.93|.88|.95|.99|.97|.97|.84|.72|
|Electricity and phone|.04|.07|.02|0|.002|.004|.10|.14|
|Electricity and sewerage|.02|.03|.01|0|.01|.01|.04|.04|
|Water and phone|.01|0|.01|0|.01|.001|.01|.07|
|Water and sewerage|.01|.02|.001|.01|.004|.01|.01|.03|
|Phone and sewerage|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Three network services|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|1.00|
|Electricity, water and phone|.19|.14|.44|.11|.06|.13|.16|.31|
|Electricity, water and sewerage|.80|.85|.53|.89|.94|.87|.81|.66|
|Electricity, phone and sewerage|.01|.01|.03|0|0|0|.02|.02|
|Water, phone and sewerage|.005|.004|.01|0|0|0|.004|.01|

Network services are electricity, piped water in dwelling or field, telephone (fixed or cellular), and toilet connected to sewerage. _Source:_ World Bank calculations using the ENCOVI 2000, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Guatemala From the previous figures, it is not possible to say whether the higher prevalence of electricity rather than water in single-service households reflects a preference on the part of the household or simply greater success in rolling out electricity networks versus water networks. In order to shed some light on this question, attention is focused on that subset of the population that live in communities where both services are available (Table 3.4). The results show that such households are twice as likely to choose an electricity connection than a water connection, and that this relationship holds across almost all subcategories, except the first quintile where households are a little more likely to choose the water service. A possible explanation for this is that electricity connections are free of charge, at least in urban areas, whereas water connections entail paying a significant connection fee (see Table 3.14 below).

**Table 3.4: Choice between electricity and water**

(Proportion of households, among with only one service and in census tract where both water and electricity are available)

||National|Bya|rea||By|quint|ile||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Urban|Rural|1|2|3|4|5|
|Electricity|.63|.69|.60|.44|.59|.76|.79|.63|

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