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Demography (2019) 56 (2): 729–752.
Published: 28 February 2019
...Derek Headey; Giordano Palloni Abstract Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) investments are widely seen as essential for improving health in early childhood. However, the experimental literature on WASH interventions identifies inconsistent impacts on child health outcomes, with relatively robust...
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Place and Child Health: The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Demography (2017) 54 (1): 337–360.
Published: 09 January 2017
... is moderated by exposure to local sanitation behavior. Is open defecation (i.e., without a toilet or latrine) worse for infant mortality and child height where population density is greater? Is poor sanitation is an important mechanism by which population density influences child health outcomes? We present...
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in Water, Sanitation, and Child Health: Evidence From Subnational Panel Data in 59 Countries
> Demography
Published: 28 February 2019
Fig. 1 Scatter plots and slope coefficients for primary outcomes and sanitation coverage: Levels and differences. Differences refer to the change in an indicator from the first survey round available to the last round available; levels plots use data from the median survey year available
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in Place and Child Health: The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries
> Demography
Published: 09 January 2017
Fig. 2 Dependence of sanitation gradient on population density, international sample
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Demography (1986) 23 (2): 143–160.
Published: 01 May 1986
... and sanitation have contributed. However, breastfeeding reductions have kept the IMR from declining as rapidly as it would have otherwise. The detrimental effects of reduced breastfeeding more than offset the beneficial effects of water and sanitation improvements. The majority of the IMR decline, however...
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Demography (1988) 25 (4): 581–595.
Published: 01 November 1988
...Julie DaVanzo Abstract Household data from Malaysia are used to assess the roles of a number of mortality correlates in explaining the inverse relationship between the infant mortality rate (IMR) and socioeconomic development. Increases in mothers’ education and improvements in water and sanitation...
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1175–1197.
Published: 04 June 2014
...Günther Fink; Isabel Günther; Kenneth Hill Abstract Continued population growth and increasing urbanization have led to the formation of large informal urban settlements in many developing countries in recent decades. The high prevalence of poverty, overcrowding, and poor sanitation observed...
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Demography (1996) 33 (2): 211–229.
Published: 01 May 1996
... in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.” LSMS Working Paper 103, World Bank. Bourne P. ( 1984 ). Water and Sanitation for All . In P. Bourne (Ed.), Water and Sanitation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives (pp. 1 – 20 ). Orlando : Academic Press . Brockerhoff M. ( 1990 ). Rural...
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Demography (2014) 51 (2): 367–386.
Published: 04 February 2014
..., such as water sanitation and sewer systems, all contributed to the decline in infant mortality rates, particularly in urban areas (see Cutler and Miller 2005 ; Ferrie and Troesken 2008 ; Fogel 1994 ; Haines 2001 ; McKeown 1976 ). In addition, government expenditures on public health and education increased...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 1–22.
Published: 01 February 2005
.... , & Rotella , E.J. ( 2001 ). Death and Spending: Urban Mortality and Municipal Expenditure on Sanitation . Annales de Demographie Historique , 1 , 139 – 54 . Condran , G.A. , & Crimmins-Gardner , E. ( 1978 ). Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late...
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Demography (1983) 20 (4): 607–621.
Published: 01 November 1983
...), and educated wom- en more than noneducated women. Ac- cording to this view, differentials could be expected to widen before they would eventually narrow as a consequence of more widespread diffusion of the bene- fits of public health, medical care, better nutrition, better housing, and sanitation. While...
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Demography (2000) 37 (4): 467–475.
Published: 01 November 2000
... Duration Child Ever Bear High Child Mortality References Blanchard, K.S. 1996. “The Decline in Diarrhea-Related Infant Mortality in San Antonio, Texas, 1935–1954: The Role of Sanitation.” PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Bliem , M.J. ( 1912...
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Demography (1989) 26 (1): 15–35.
Published: 01 February 1989
.... , Habicht , J.-P. , & DaVanzo. , J. ( 1984 ). Environmental factors in the relationship between breastfeeding and infant mortality: The role of sanitation and water in Malaysia . American Journal of Epidemiology , 119 , 516 – 525 . Caldwell , J. C. ( 1979 ). Education...
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1681–1704.
Published: 08 September 2020
... to the housing environment, the effects of environmental factors on health in the neonatal period are inconsistent. The quality of sanitation, water, and indoor air are strongly associated with infant mortality (Bruce et al. 2000 ; Esrey 1996 ), but evidence of different impacts on mortality at specific ages...
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Demography (1990) 27 (3): 447–455.
Published: 01 August 1990
... Care Usage, and Household Sanitation . Journal of Econometrics , 36 , 185 – 204 . 10.1016/0304-4076(87)90049-2 Caldwell J. C. ( 1979 ). Education as a Factor in Mortality Decline: An Examination of Nigerian Data . Population Studies , 33 , 395 – 413 . 10.2307/2173888...
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Demography (1985) 22 (1): 1–24.
Published: 01 February 1985
... two developments relevant to child survival are present. First, during the early 1970sthat country embarked on an intensive effort to im- prove urban environmental conditions with a known link to mortality: water supply and sanitation. PLANASA, the national water and sanitation program, provided...
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 531–558.
Published: 18 May 2011
... of child mortality. The urban advantage in health indicators in Africa dates back to the nineteenth century with the establishment of urban enclaves that were set up to provide social services for the immigrant colonial settlers (Gould 1998 ). Disproportionate provision of water, sanitation, health...
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 443–464.
Published: 01 August 2004
... factors that may have contributed to the rise in infant mortality rates include insufficient investment in water supply and sanitation (Monteiro and Benicio 1989) and in health services (Leser 1974) to keep pace with rapid rates of popu- lation growth. 446 Demography, Volume 41-Number 3, August 2004...
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1427–1452.
Published: 15 July 2019
... sanitation programs (Lamba and Spears 2013 ; Thorat and Lee 2005 ). References Acharya , S. ( 2012 ). Caste and patterns of discrimination in rural public health care services . In S. Thorat , & K. S. Newman (Eds.), Blocked by caste: Economic discrimination in modern India...
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Demography (2009) 46 (4): 827–850.
Published: 01 November 2009
... ). “Effects of Improved Water Supply and Sanitation on Ascariasis, Diarrhea, Dracunculiasis, Hookworm Infection, Schistosomiasis, and Trachoma.” . Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 89 , 609 – 21 . Fairlie R.W. ( 2005 ). “An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique...
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