The study assessed productive time of women and
water supply in Ijumu L.G.A. of Kogi state, Nigeria. Two
hundred questionnaires were administered in the LGA and 32
socio-economic variables were generated altogether. Principal
component analysis and stepwise regression analysis were used
to interpret the data. The result of the principal components
reduced the 32 variables to seven orthogonal components. The
factor defining variables underlying the explanation are: water
borne diseases, marital status and distances to the nearest
water points. Others are: number of days lost to treatment,
family size, and age of respondent. These components offered
95.5% explanation to the variance. Furthermore, the result of
the stepwise regression analysis showed that all variables
entered into the equation and they together contributed 98% to
the equation. The paper concludes that water use
characteristics at the household level differ from place to place
and therefore there is need for caution on result interpolation.
The paper recommends the need for provision of more public
water points in the local government area in other to improve
access to water supply and release more time for productive
activities in the community. This results calls for further
studies particularly on water chemistry, gender, poverty and
on determination of efficient distances to water points