Almost nine million children under 5 years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause of under-five mortality in developing countries. About one out of five deaths is caused by diarrhea. In this paper, we use the newly available data set District Level Household Survey 3 to quantify the impact of access to improved sanitation on diarrheal morbidity for children less than 5 years of age in India. Using propensity score matching, we find that access to improved sanitation reduces the risk of contracting diarrhea by 2.2 percentage points.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/does-access-improved-sanitation-reduce-childhood-diarrhea-rural-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/santosh-kumar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sebastian-vollmer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/health-economics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diarrhoea
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-sanitation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/total-sanitation-campaign
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toilets
