39,000 cross-national regressions form the basis of a study examining the relationship between democratic governance and water access. The research investigates access to basic water versus safe water (free from fecal and chemical contamination) on premises. The dataset was created by Evan Lieberman and last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Test the association between democracy and basic water access based on the study's global sensitivity analyses.
- Analyze the relationship between democracy and safe water access, particularly in recent years as indicated by the findings.
- Model the differential impact of democratic accountability on visible versus non-visible public services as theorized in the paper.
- Conduct replication or sensitivity analyses of the study's core findings on governance and service delivery.
Strengths
- Analysis is based on 39,000 cross-national regression models, suggesting a large-scale methodological approach.
- Explicitly distinguishes between 'basic' water access and 'safe' water access, a key conceptual detail.
- Temporal coverage spans 24 years (2000-2024), providing a longitudinal perspective.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on low- and middle-income countries.
Provenance
- Source
- Lieberman, Evan; Lieberman Tilles Democracy Water
- Collection Method
- Likely contains aggregated national-level statistics and democracy indices used for cross-national regression analysis.
- Time Range
- 2000 to 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-18 14:55:16; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Low- and middle-income countries globally