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Demand for household sanitation in India using NFHS-3 data

Banerjee, Anurag N.; Banik, Nilanjan; Dalmia, Ashvika

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Nilanjan Banik

Ashvika Dalmia



Abstract

India has the highest number of people defecating in the open, and the Indian Government is trying to eradicate by constructing toilets for its citizens. This paper is about whether the government is likely to succeed in its cleanliness drive mission by a supply-side policy. We examine the household preference and other the factors leading to open defecation in India. We examine preference for having a toilet in the household over the preference of other household durable goods. Our results suggest toilets get a lower preference—ranked 12, out of 21 different types of consumer durables we investigate. The results also indicate a strong case for imparting education and public awareness, especially, among the female cohort. We find the odds of having toilets in a household with an educated woman (18 years of schooling) is 3.1 times more than a household with illiterate or preschool educated women. Among other factors households living in urban areas are 19 times more likely to have toilets in comparison with their rural counterparts.

Citation

Banerjee, A. N., Banik, N., & Dalmia, A. (2017). Demand for household sanitation in India using NFHS-3 data. Empirical Economics, 53(1), 307-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-017-1250-5

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 14, 2017
Online Publication Date Apr 3, 2017
Publication Date Apr 3, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 4, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jul 4, 2017
Journal Empirical Economics
Print ISSN 0377-7332
Electronic ISSN 1435-8921
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
Issue 1
Pages 307-327
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-017-1250-5
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1383869

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