The survey was administered in Kaloleni, Magarini, and Ganze of Kilifi County, Kenya. These sub-counties are mainly rural, and many households consist of a large homestead with several small huts built on the compound. Often extended families live together on the compound and share daily tasks. In some homesteads, co-wives reside together, although not necessarily in the same dwelling. Many of these households engage in rainfed agriculture and often rely on water collected from multiple sources of water away from the compound for their domestic needs and livestock. The household survey had two components: a household questionnaire and an individual questionnaire. The household-level questionnaire was first administered to the primary respondent who makes the decisions and is the most informed about the household’s water choices. After administering the household-level questionnaire, each adult household member 18 years and older was interviewed privately. The individual questionnaire included survey tools developed as part of MAGNET focus on dimensions of women’s agency: control over assets and decision making.The data collection was supported by the REACH programme funded by UK Aid from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for the benefit of developing countries (Programme Code 201880), and by the Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Programme Code INV-005620).

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