Religion and Sanitation Practices
| Autor: | Anjali Adukia, Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Marcella Alsan, Lea Prince, Kimberly Singer Babiarz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Sanitation 05 social sciences Development Infant mortality 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Geography Accounting Urbanization 0502 economics and business Latrine 030212 general & internal medicine Religious differences 050207 economics Socioeconomics Finance |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3348526 |
| Popis: | In India, infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practices, this study compares sanitation practices of Hindus and Muslims living in the same locations using three nationally representative data sets from India. Across all three data sets, the unconditional religion-specific gap in latrine ownership and latrine use declines by approximately two-thirds when conditioning on location characteristics or including location fixed effects. Further, the estimates do not show evidence of religion-specific differences in other sanitation practices, such as handwashing or observed fecal material near homes. Household sanitation practices vary substantially across areas of India, but religion itself has less direct influence when considering differences between Hindus and Muslims within the same location. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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