Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys
This paper combines 172 Demography and Health Survey data sets from 70 countries to estimate the effect of water and sanitation on child mortality and morbidity. The results show a robust association between access to water and sanitation technolog...
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO WATER BASIC SANITATION BASIC WATER SUPPLY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BENEFITS OF SANITATION BETTER HYGIENIC PRACTICES BULLETIN CHILD DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DIARRHOEA CHOLERA CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CONNECTIONS DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY MEMBERS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY GROUND WATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISK HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHES HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTION HIV HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ILLNESS IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY INADEQUATE WATER INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LACK OF WATER MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MORTALITY REDUCTIONS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERSONAL HEALTH PERSONAL HYGIENE PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION STUDIES PREMATURE DEATH PROGRESS PUBLIC FACILITIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS PUBLIC LATRINE PUBLIC LATRINES PUBLIC SANITATION PUBLIC STANDPIPES PUBLIC TAP PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER RADIO RESOURCE FLOWS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL VILLAGES SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION ASSESSMENT SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INVESTMENT SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHISTOSOMIASIS SEWAGE SYSTEMS SIBLINGS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS TV URBAN AREAS USE OF WATER VACCINATION WASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER POINT WATER QUALITY WATER SANITATION WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WELLS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE |
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO WATER BASIC SANITATION BASIC WATER SUPPLY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BENEFITS OF SANITATION BETTER HYGIENIC PRACTICES BULLETIN CHILD DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DIARRHOEA CHOLERA CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CONNECTIONS DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY MEMBERS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY GROUND WATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISK HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHES HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTION HIV HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ILLNESS IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY INADEQUATE WATER INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LACK OF WATER MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MORTALITY REDUCTIONS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERSONAL HEALTH PERSONAL HYGIENE PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION STUDIES PREMATURE DEATH PROGRESS PUBLIC FACILITIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS PUBLIC LATRINE PUBLIC LATRINES PUBLIC SANITATION PUBLIC STANDPIPES PUBLIC TAP PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER RADIO RESOURCE FLOWS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL VILLAGES SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION ASSESSMENT SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INVESTMENT SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHISTOSOMIASIS SEWAGE SYSTEMS SIBLINGS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS TV URBAN AREAS USE OF WATER VACCINATION WASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER POINT WATER QUALITY WATER SANITATION WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WELLS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE Gunther, Isabel Fink, Gunther Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
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Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change
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This paper combines 172 Demography and
Health Survey data sets from 70 countries to estimate the
effect of water and sanitation on child mortality and
morbidity. The results show a robust association between
access to water and sanitation technologies and both child
morbidity and child mortality. The point estimates imply,
depending on the technology level and the sub-region chosen,
that water and sanitation infrastructure lowers the odds of
children to suffering from diarrhea by 7-17 percent, and
reduces the mortality risk for children under the age of
five by about 5-20 percent. The effects seem largest for
modern sanitation technologies and least significant for
basic water supply. The authors also find evidence for the
Mills-Reincke Multiplier for both water and sanitation
access as well as positive health externalities for
sanitation investments. The overall magnitude of the
estimated effects appears smaller than coefficients reported
in meta-studies based on randomized field trials, suggesting
limits to the scalability and sustainability of the health
benefits associated with water and sanitation interventions. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gunther, Isabel Fink, Gunther |
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Gunther, Isabel Fink, Gunther |
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Gunther, Isabel |
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Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
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Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
| title_full |
Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
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Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
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Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys |
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water, sanitation and children’s health : evidence from 172 dhs surveys |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-37622021-04-23T14:02:12Z Water, Sanitation and Children’s Health : Evidence from 172 DHS Surveys Gunther, Isabel Fink, Gunther ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO WATER BASIC SANITATION BASIC WATER SUPPLY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BENEFITS OF SANITATION BETTER HYGIENIC PRACTICES BULLETIN CHILD DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DIARRHOEA CHOLERA CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CONNECTIONS DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY MEMBERS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY GROUND WATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISK HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHES HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTION HIV HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ILLNESS IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY INADEQUATE WATER INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LACK OF WATER MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MORTALITY REDUCTIONS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERSONAL HEALTH PERSONAL HYGIENE PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION STUDIES PREMATURE DEATH PROGRESS PUBLIC FACILITIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS PUBLIC LATRINE PUBLIC LATRINES PUBLIC SANITATION PUBLIC STANDPIPES PUBLIC TAP PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER RADIO RESOURCE FLOWS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL VILLAGES SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION ASSESSMENT SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INVESTMENT SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHISTOSOMIASIS SEWAGE SYSTEMS SIBLINGS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS TV URBAN AREAS USE OF WATER VACCINATION WASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER POINT WATER QUALITY WATER SANITATION WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WELLS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE This paper combines 172 Demography and Health Survey data sets from 70 countries to estimate the effect of water and sanitation on child mortality and morbidity. The results show a robust association between access to water and sanitation technologies and both child morbidity and child mortality. The point estimates imply, depending on the technology level and the sub-region chosen, that water and sanitation infrastructure lowers the odds of children to suffering from diarrhea by 7-17 percent, and reduces the mortality risk for children under the age of five by about 5-20 percent. The effects seem largest for modern sanitation technologies and least significant for basic water supply. The authors also find evidence for the Mills-Reincke Multiplier for both water and sanitation access as well as positive health externalities for sanitation investments. The overall magnitude of the estimated effects appears smaller than coefficients reported in meta-studies based on randomized field trials, suggesting limits to the scalability and sustainability of the health benefits associated with water and sanitation interventions. 2012-03-19T18:39:21Z 2012-03-19T18:39:21Z 2010-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100419124219 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3762 English Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5275 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |