The Effect of Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment on Calorie Intake in India

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  • ASADA Tetsuya
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • SHUTO Hisato
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

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  • インドにおける家計による飲料水衛生処置がカロリー摂取量に及ぼす効果
  • インド ニ オケル カケイ ニ ヨル インリョウスイ エイセイ ショチ ガ カロリー セッシュリョウ ニ オヨボス コウカ

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<p>In this study, we analyze the effect of point-of-use drinking water treatment on calorie intake. This is an approach for examining a hypothesis that an improved health environment decreases calorie requirement, proposed by Deaton and Drèze (2009), where the effect of preventing diarrhea to reduce calorie wastage was discussed. We study this through micro household survey data in India by using a propensity score matching method. The result cannot reject this hypothesis, and it is found this effect is more significant in lower expenditure class households.</p>

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