Sanitation dynamics: Toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts

Britta Augsburg; Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes

doi:10.2166/washdev.2020.098

Sanitation dynamics: Toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts

Britta Augsburg
, Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes

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Abstract

This paper uses primary micro-data from Indian households residing in rural villages and poor urban neighbourhoods to shed light on household sanitation decision-making. We use a theoretical economic model to reduce the dimensionality and complexity of this process. Beyond the most commonly analysed motivator, health, we consider economic and non-pecuniary benefits. We provide empirical evidence that each of these margins matter, and do so in both rural and urban contexts, and discuss how our findings can be explored in sanitation policy and programme design.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	628-641
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.098
State	Published - 2020

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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

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Development
Water Science and Technology
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Sanitation dynamics: Toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts

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