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Multidimensional poverty, household environment and short-term morbidity in India

Overview of attention for article published in Genus, June 2017
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Multidimensional poverty, household environment and short-term morbidity in India
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Genus, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s41118-017-0019-1
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Bidyadhar Dehury, Sanjay K. Mohanty

Abstract

Using the unit data from the second round of the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS-II), 2011-2012, which covered 42,152 households, this paper examines the association between multidimensional poverty, household environmental deprivation and short-term morbidities (fever, cough and diarrhoea) in India. Poverty is measured in a multidimensional framework that includes the dimensions of education, health and income, while household environmental deprivation is defined as lack of access to improved sanitation, drinking water and cooking fuel. A composite index combining multidimensional poverty and household environmental deprivation has been computed, and households are classified as follows: multidimensional poor and living in a poor household environment, multidimensional non-poor and living in a poor household environment, multidimensional poor and living in a good household environment and multidimensional non-poor and living in a good household environment. Results suggest that about 23% of the population belonging to multidimensional poor households and living in a poor household environment had experienced short-term morbidities in a reference period of 30 days compared to 20% of the population belonging to multidimensional non-poor households and living in a poor household environment, 19% of the population belonging to multidimensional poor households and living in a good household environment and 15% of the population belonging to multidimensional non-poor households and living in a good household environment. Controlling for socioeconomic covariates, the odds of short-term morbidity was 1.47 [CI 1.40-1.53] among the multidimensional poor and living in a poor household environment, 1.28 [CI 1.21-1.37] among the multidimensional non-poor and living in a poor household environment and 1.21 [CI 1.64-1.28] among the multidimensional poor and living in a good household environment compared to the multidimensional non-poor and living in a good household environment. Results are robust across states and hold good for each of the three morbidities: fever, cough and diarrhoea. This establishes that along with poverty, household environmental conditions have a significant bearing on short-term morbidities in India. Public investment in sanitation, drinking water and cooking fuel can reduce the morbidity and improve the health of the population.

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Unknown 61 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 21%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 3 5%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 15 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 18%
Social Sciences 8 13%
Environmental Science 5 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 5%
Other 11 18%
Unknown 19 31%
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