| Title | Does piped water reduce diarrhea for children in rural India? |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Jalan, J, Ravallion, M |
| Secondary Title | Policy research working paper series / World Bank |
| Volume | no. 2664 |
| Pagination | 30 p. : 1 fig., 6 tab. |
| Date Published | 2001-08-01 |
| Publisher | World Bank |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| Keywords | child health, diarrhoeal diseases, health impact, india, piped distribution, rural areas, sdihyg |
| Abstract | This paper looks for evidence of child-health gains from access to piped water. It is based on a large, representative cross-sectional survey for rural India implemented in 1993-94. The impacts of public investments that directly improve children's health are theoretically ambiguous given that the outcomes also depend on parentally-provided inputs. Using propensity score matching methods, it was found that the prevalence and duration of diarrhoea among children under five in rural India are significantly lower on average for families with piped water than for observationally identical households without piped water. However, the results indicate that the health gains largely by-pass children in poor families, particularly when the mother is poorly educated. The findings point to the importance of combining infrastructure investments with effective public action to promote health knowledge and income poverty reduction. (authors' abstract) |
| Notes | 21 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 203.1 |
