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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Dev Econ. 2014 Oct;19(5):631–647. doi: 10.1017/S1355770X13000612

Table 5.

Well Switching & Arsenic Test Recall

PROBIT REGRESSIONS (1 = SWITCHED LATE) Switched late? (if not early)
correct test recall in 2005 consistent behavior recall
Switched late? (if not early)
correct test recall in 2005 consistent behavior recall but incorrect test recall in 2008
Perceived well unsafe in 2008 0.21 (0.04) ***
Well tested unsafe (BAMWSP) −0.09 (0.05)** −0.24 (0.09)***

Household Income −0.001 (0.002) 0.0001 (0.01)
Does dwelling have brick walls 0.14 (0.03)*** 0.35 (0.14)
Does household use a latrine 0.01 (0.03) 0.05 (0.08)
Respondent’s age 0.001 (0.001) −0.003 (0.002)
Is respondent literate 0.03 (0.03) 0.01 (0.07)
Household size 0.003 (0.01) −0.01 (0.02)
Distance to safe well (m) 0.00003 (0.0003) 0.002 (0.001)***

N 901 147
F statistic F (10, 49) = 6.4 F (8, 39) = 3.61
Prob > 0 0.0000 0.0031

Source: authors’ calculations from 2005 and 2008 survey.

Estimates are adjusted using sampling weights, and have been corrected for intra-village correlation.

Standard errors reported in parentheses.

*, **, ***

indicate significance at 10%, 5%, 1% respectively