Place and Child Health : The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries

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dc.creatorHathi, Payal
dc.creatorHaque, Sabrina
dc.creatorPant, Lovey
dc.creatorCoffey, Diane
dc.creatorSpears, Dean
dc.date2014-12-03T21:22:01Z
dc.date2014-12-03T21:22:01Z
dc.date2014-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:53:38Z
dc.descriptionA long literature in demography debates the importance of place for health. This paper assesses whether the importance of dense settlement for child mortality and child height is moderated by exposure to local sanitation behavior. Is open defecation, without a toilet or latrine, worse for infant mortality and child height where population density is greater? Is poor sanitation an important mechanism by which population density in?uences health outcomes? The paper uses newly assembled data sets to present two complementary analyses, which represent di?erent points in a trade-o? between external and internal validity. The first analysis concentrates on external validity by studying infant mortality and child height in a large, international child-level data set of 172 Demographic and Health Surveys, matched to census population density data for 1,800 subnational regions. The second analysis concentrates on internal validity by studying child height in Bangladeshi districts, with a new data set constructed with Geographic Information System techniques, and controls for ?xed e?ects at a high level of geographic resolution. The paper ?nds a statistically robust and quantitatively comparable interaction between sanitation and population density with both approaches: open defecation externalities are more important for child health outcomes where people live more closely together.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20426961/place-child-health-interaction-population-density-sanitation-developing-countries
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/20641
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7124
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412575
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7124
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectBREASTFEEDING
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectCENSUS DATA
dc.subjectCENSUSES
dc.subjectCENTER FOR HEALTH
dc.subjectCHEMOTHERAPY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectCHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING AGE
dc.subjectCHOLERA
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHERS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC DATA
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectDISEASE CONTROL
dc.subjectDOCTORS
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectEPIDEMIC
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITY
dc.subjectHEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectHEALTH INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDEXES
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT DEATHS
dc.subjectINFANT HEALTH
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectINFECTION
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectLOCAL POPULATION
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMATERNAL CARE
dc.subjectMATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMATERNAL HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectMATERNAL NUTRITION
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMULTIPLE BIRTH
dc.subjectMULTIPLE BIRTHS
dc.subjectNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION
dc.subjectOFFICE OF POPULATION
dc.subjectPARASITES
dc.subjectPOLICY DECISIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLIO
dc.subjectPOLIO ERADICATION
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUS
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOPULATION HEALTH
dc.subjectPOPULATION RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOPULATION STUDIES
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subjectSURVIVAL ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTV
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.titlePlace and Child Health : The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries

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