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. 2019 May;138:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.12.001

Table A1.

Does CLTS improve sanitation and child health outcomes? (No Controls).

Dependent Variables: Toilet Construction
Intolerance of OD
Diarrhea Knowledge
Roundworm (eggs/g)
Hemoglobin (g/l)
Weight z-score
Height z-score
Health Index
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Treatment 0.03 (0.01)∗∗ 0.28 (0.28) −0.01 (0.05) −58.9 (35.5)∗ 0.07 (0.45) 0.02 (0.03) −0.03 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02)
RA Treatment Poor −0.03 (0.03) 0.78 (0.64) −39.7 (105.9)
RA Treatment Non-poor 0.08 (0.03)∗∗∗ 1.21 (0.37)∗∗∗ −151.3 (64.2)∗∗
LG Treatment Poor −0.01 (0.03) −0.39 (0.59) 35.0 (77.4)
LG Treatment Non-poor 0.03 (0.02)∗∗ −0.47 (0.4) 7.6 (43.1)
Poor

0.008 (0.02)

−1.93 (0.36)∗∗∗


−80.7 (69.1)




Mean DV (Treat = 0)
Controls:
0.125
No
0.125
No
32.9
No
32.9
No
4.85
No
156.7
No
159.2
No
111.0
No
−1.39
No
−1.65
No
0.001
No
Tests of Equality (p-values):
RA Non-Poor = RA Poor 0.01 0.49 0.33
LG Non-Poor = LG Poor 0.29 0.90 0.77
RA Non-Poor = LG Non-Poor 0.15 0.002 0.03
RA Poor = LG Poor 0.62 0.14 0.45
RA Poor = RA Non-poor =  0.07 0.02 0.16
LG Poor = LG Non-poor
N 1858 1858 1858 1858 1858 1780 1742 1443 1886 1872 2043

Notes: We report results from OLS regressions (equations (1), (2))). The dependent variables are: Toilet Construction which equals 1 if the household built a toilet since baseline and 0 otherwise; Intolerance of Open Defecation which is the sum of responses to 9 questions about attitudes toward open defecation (45 is the maximum score possible and is the highest level of intolerance while 9 is the minimum score possible and reflects total acceptance of open defecation); Knowledge of Causes of Diarrhea which is a score out of 6 based on six questions about possible causes of diarrhea (a score of 6 indicates that the respondent got all of the questions correct); roundworm prevalence (eggs/g); hemoglobin (g/l); weight and height z-scores of children 0–5; and an index of the roundworm, hemoglobin, weight and height z-scores. RA (LG) treatment indicates villages are assigned to implementation by a resource agency (local government). Standard errors are clustered at the village level and are reported in parentheses. ∗∗∗indicates significance at 1% level, ∗∗ at 5% level, at 10% level.