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 |
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Perceived well unsafe in 2008 | 0.21 (0.04) *** | |
Well tested unsafe (BAMWSP) | −0.09 (0.05)** | −0.24 (0.09)*** |
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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)*** |
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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