The effect of water accessibility on child health in China.
Using a dynamic panel model of child anthropometrics from China, the effect of an in-yard water source on child health was measured. Changes in within-community averages of household access to in-yard water were used as the instrument for changes in access to in-yard water sources. Further, to address the concern of non-random placements of water projects, correlations between changes in disease symptoms and community-level changes in access to in-yard water sources were examined. It was found that access to in-yard water sources improved child health only when mothers were relatively well educated.
Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Minami Uonuma, Niigata, 949-7277 Japan. eijim@iuj.ac.jp
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D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017059:Models, Econometric; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*