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. 2019 Feb 28;56(2):729–752. doi: 10.1007/s13524-019-00760-y

Table 2.

DID regressions of child health outcomes against sanitation and improved water

Under-5 Mortality Diarrhea Stunting
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
A. Sanitation
 Households with any sanitation –0.804** –0.381* –0.343* –0.163** –0.121** –0.056 –0.060* –0.015 0.014
[.000] [.011] [.026] [.000] [.000] [.054] [.049] [.674] [.673]
R2 (within) .602 .686 .815 .196 .254 .481 .435 .516 .679
N 1,401 1,401 1,401 1,451 1,451 1,451 1,193 1,193 1,193
 Region fixed effects
 Time controls
 Full controls
 Survey fixed effects
B. Water
 Households with improved water –0.269* –0.048 –0.118 –0.021 0.016 0.028 –0.092** –0.042 –0.037
[.013] [.642] [.326] [.335] [.467] [.263] [.000] [.064] [.109]
R2 (within) .589 .683 .807 .144 .237 .494 .464 .538 .703
N 1,479 1,479 1,479 1,515 1,515 1,515 1,176 1,176 1,176
 Region fixed effects
 Time controls
 Full controls
 Survey fixed effects

Note: Numbers in brackets are p values.

Source: DHS STATcompiler (USAID and ICF-International 2017).

p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01