Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure to unimproved sanitation early in c...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770481574087238775/Impact-of-Early-Life-Exposure-to-Environments-with-Unimproved-Sanitation-on-Education-Outcomes-Evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32668 |
| Summary: | Despite Bangladesh's notable
progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the
country still faces severe deficits in the availability of
improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of
exposure to unimproved sanitation early in childhood on
primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data
for children ages six to nine years in Bangladesh. The
results indicate that unimproved sanitation has a negative
and significant impact on primary school enrollment. A
child's early exposure to unimproved sanitation
decreases the likelihood of being enrolled in primary school
by eight to ten percentage points on average compared with a
child with access to improved sanitation. The effect is
particularly strong -- a difference of 8 to 10 percentage
points -- for children ages six to seven. It is also strong
in rural areas. The results are statistically robust to
errors due to potential omitted variable bias. |
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