Table 2.
DID regressions of child health outcomes against sanitation and improved water
Under-5 Mortality | Diarrhea | Stunting | |||||||
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(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