Religion and Sanitation Practices

Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practic...

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Main Authors:	Adukia, Anjali, Alsan, Marcella, Babiarz, Kim, Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D., Prince, Lea
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION URBANIZATION RELIGION CULTURE HYGIENE INFANT MORTALITY LATRINE USE HANDWASHING FECAL CONTAMINATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/881251580311599776/Religion-and-Sanitation-Practices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33267

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spelling	okr-10986-332672022-09-20T00:12:53Z Religion and Sanitation Practices Adukia, Anjali Alsan, Marcella Babiarz, Kim Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D. Prince, Lea SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION URBANIZATION RELIGION CULTURE HYGIENE INFANT MORTALITY LATRINE USE HANDWASHING FECAL CONTAMINATION Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practices, this study compares sanitation practices of Hindus and Muslims living in the same locations using three nationally-representative data sets from India. Across all three data sets, the unconditional religion-specific gap in latrine ownership and latrine use declines by approximately two-thirds when conditioning on location characteristics or including location fixed effects. Further, the estimates do not show evidence of religion-specific differences in other sanitation practices, such as handwashing or observed fecal material near homes. Household sanitation practices vary substantially across areas of India, but religion itself has less direct influence when considering differences between Hindus and Muslims within the same location. 2020-01-30T21:06:39Z 2020-01-30T21:06:39Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/881251580311599776/Religion-and-Sanitation-Practices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33267 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9131 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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spellingShingle	SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION URBANIZATION RELIGION CULTURE HYGIENE INFANT MORTALITY LATRINE USE HANDWASHING FECAL CONTAMINATION Adukia, Anjali Alsan, Marcella Babiarz, Kim Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D. Prince, Lea Religion and Sanitation Practices
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description	Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practices, this study compares sanitation practices of Hindus and Muslims living in the same locations using three nationally-representative data sets from India. Across all three data sets, the unconditional religion-specific gap in latrine ownership and latrine use declines by approximately two-thirds when conditioning on location characteristics or including location fixed effects. Further, the estimates do not show evidence of religion-specific differences in other sanitation practices, such as handwashing or observed fecal material near homes. Household sanitation practices vary substantially across areas of India, but religion itself has less direct influence when considering differences between Hindus and Muslims within the same location.
format	Working Paper
author	Adukia, Anjali Alsan, Marcella Babiarz, Kim Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D. Prince, Lea
author_facet	Adukia, Anjali Alsan, Marcella Babiarz, Kim Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D. Prince, Lea
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title	Religion and Sanitation Practices
title_short	Religion and Sanitation Practices
title_full	Religion and Sanitation Practices
title_fullStr	Religion and Sanitation Practices
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/881251580311599776/Religion-and-Sanitation-Practices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33267
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