Table 5. Effect of floods on inflammation and availability of safe water: OLS estimates.
| Dependent variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammation | Safe water | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Floodt−1 | 0.015*** | -0.124*** | ||
| (0.005) | 0.035 | |||
| Floodt−2 | 0.023*** | -0.179*** | ||
| (0.006) | (0.050) | |||
| Province fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ethnicity fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 979 | 979 | 889 | 889 |
| R2 | 0.063 | 0.064 | 0.289 | 0.289 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.021 | 0.021 | 0.256 | 0.256 |
| Residual std. error | 4.352 | 4.351 | 7.550 | 7.550 |
| F statistic | 1.511** | 1.511** | 8.624*** | 8.625*** |
Notes:In regressions 1 and 2, the dependent variable is inflammation status (CRP > 1 mg/dL), whereas in regressions 3 and 4, it is access to safe water (1 if yes, 0 otherwise). These regressions control for woman’s age; household location type (urban vs. rural), wealth index, dependency ratio, and ethnolinguistic affiliation; and age, sex, literacy, and marital status of household head, while also including provincial dummies and provincial aid. Only specifications 1 and 2 also control for woman’s current pregnancy status. All models are estimated using sampling survey weights, and the flood variable in all specifications is adjusted for district population density. Robust standard errors (in parenthesis) are clustered at the district level.
* p < 0.1,
** p < 0.05,
*** p < 0.01.