Relationship between race and community water and sewer service in North Carolina, USA.

ABSTRACT: Previous evidence has identified potential racial disparities in access to community water and sewer service in peri-urban areas adjacent to North Carolina municipalities. We performed the first quantitative, multi-county analysis of these disparities. Using publicly available data, we identified areas bordering municipalities and lacking community water and/or sewer service in 75 North Carolina counties. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the relationship between race and access to service in peri-urban areas, controlling for population density, median home value, urban status, and percent white in the adjacent municipality. In the peri-urban areas analyzed, 67% of the population lacked community sewer service, and 33% lacked community water service. In areas other than those w

SUBMITTER: Leker HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862451 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature