Incentivizing Sanitation Uptake and Sustainable Usage through Micro Health Insurance Impact Evaluation 2014, Baseline Survey
India, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
IND_2014_ISUSUIE-BL_v01_M
Producer(s)
Orazio Attansio, Britta Augsburg
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Identification
Survey ID Number
IND_2014_ISUSUIE-BL_v01_M
Title
Incentivizing Sanitation Uptake and Sustainable Usage through Micro Health Insurance Impact Evaluation 2014, Baseline Survey
Subtitle
Baseline Survey
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
This study has been designed to investigate innovative ways of increasing the uptake and usage of safe sanitation and to provide evidence on the links between improved sanitation and health insurance. It does so by studying two distinct but linked projects.
Component 1 promotes the take up of improved sanitation with microfinance loans provided by Grameen Koota in rural Maharashtra. Social mobilization will be conducted by the NGO Navya Disha. These interventions aim to improve health and reduce health care costs of the poor in rural India, potentially reflected in lower health insurance claim volumes.
Component 2 proposes to explore primary community health insurance provided to communities that become open defecation free (ODF), conditional on sustaining their ODF status. If this is successful, the evidence will be strong advocacy material to encourage insurance companies to promote similar products at low rates throughout India, improving the sustainability of ODF.
A household listing exercise and a baseline survey were conducted from September 2014 to January 2015. Two main goals of the baseline data collection were to provide a snapshot of the study population, serving as a useful tool to understand the context in which the intervention is taking place, and to formally test whether there are any systematic differences between the treatment and control group prior to the intervention. The baseline survey collected information on socio-economic and welfare characteristics of household members, including access to sanitation facilities, self-reported open defecation, and prevalence of disease.
Random assignment of treatment and an endline survey are planned after the baseline survey. The endline survey will follows the same households sampled in baseline, and supplement additional to account for any potential attrition.
Component 1 promotes the take up of improved sanitation with microfinance loans provided by Grameen Koota in rural Maharashtra. Social mobilization will be conducted by the NGO Navya Disha. These interventions aim to improve health and reduce health care costs of the poor in rural India, potentially reflected in lower health insurance claim volumes.
Component 2 proposes to explore primary community health insurance provided to communities that become open defecation free (ODF), conditional on sustaining their ODF status. If this is successful, the evidence will be strong advocacy material to encourage insurance companies to promote similar products at low rates throughout India, improving the sustainability of ODF.
A household listing exercise and a baseline survey were conducted from September 2014 to January 2015. Two main goals of the baseline data collection were to provide a snapshot of the study population, serving as a useful tool to understand the context in which the intervention is taking place, and to formally test whether there are any systematic differences between the treatment and control group prior to the intervention. The baseline survey collected information on socio-economic and welfare characteristics of household members, including access to sanitation facilities, self-reported open defecation, and prevalence of disease.
Random assignment of treatment and an endline survey are planned after the baseline survey. The endline survey will follows the same households sampled in baseline, and supplement additional to account for any potential attrition.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Villages
- Households
- Households
Version
Version Description
v01
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Scope
Notes
The scope of the study includes:
- Villages:
population, area, location
transportation
infrastructure
political economy
community activities
sources of water and sanitation, waste disposal
shocks
prices
- Households:
general household characteristics/household roster
education
dwelling
individual sanitation behaviour
income generating activities
total household income
own or family owned business or farm
household sanitation
water
consumption
assets
savings
credit
health care utilization
household economic shocks and risks
insurance
- Men and women:
household decision making
personal hygiene
sanitation preferences and beliefs
health
credit and savings
memberships and political activity
social networks
children
care practices for diarrhoea
health knowledge
anthropometrics
- Villages:
population, area, location
transportation
infrastructure
political economy
community activities
sources of water and sanitation, waste disposal
shocks
prices
- Households:
general household characteristics/household roster
education
dwelling
individual sanitation behaviour
income generating activities
total household income
own or family owned business or farm
household sanitation
water
consumption
assets
savings
credit
health care utilization
household economic shocks and risks
insurance
- Men and women:
household decision making
personal hygiene
sanitation preferences and beliefs
health
credit and savings
memberships and political activity
social networks
children
care practices for diarrhoea
health knowledge
anthropometrics
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
120 Gram Panchayats in two Districts in Maharashtra, Nanded and Latur.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Orazio Attansio | Institute of Fiscal Studies, University of London |
| Britta Augsburg | Institute of Fiscal Studies, University of London |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Bevan | Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank | TTL |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund | SIEF |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Detailed description of sampling procedures is available in "Understanding the Links and Interactions between Low Sanitation and Health Insurance in India Baseline report", pp.34-44.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-14 | 2014-10-12 | Household Listing Data |
| 2014-11-24 | 2015-01-26 | Baseline Data |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Data Collectors
| Name |
|---|
| Nielsen India (PVT) Ltd |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The data was collected using the following survey instruments:
- Listing questionnaire
- Community (village) questionnaire
- Household questionnaire
- Women questionnaire
- Men questionnaire
- Listing questionnaire
- Community (village) questionnaire
- Household questionnaire
- Women questionnaire
- Men questionnaire
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Bevan | Water & Sant. Prgrm-SAR, World Bank | jbevan1@worldbank.org |
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Orazio Attansio, Britta Augsburg, Institute of Fiscal Studies, University of London. India Incentivizing Sanitation Uptake and Sustainable Usage through Micro Health Insurance Impact Evaluation 2014 (ISUSUIE-BL), Baseline Survey. Ref. IND_2014_ISUSUIE-BL_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Orazio Attansio, Britta Augsburg, Institute of Fiscal Studies, University of London. India Incentivizing Sanitation Uptake and Sustainable Usage through Micro Health Insurance Impact Evaluation 2014 (ISUSUIE-BL), Baseline Survey. Ref. IND_2014_ISUSUIE-BL_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_IND_2014_ISUSUIE-BL_v01_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Data documentation |
Date of Metadata Production
2015-06-03
DDI Document version
v01 (June 2015)