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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Main Authors:	Gunther, Isabel, Fink, Gunther
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	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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