Impact of drinking water salinity on children's education: Empirical evidence from coastal Bangladesh

This study examines the impact of drinking water salinity on children's education using a unique and rich dataset collected from eight southwest coastal districts of Bangladesh. Salinity concentration in drinking water is measured at the household level using water samples from households'...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2019-11, Vol.690, p.1331-1341
1. Verfasser: Akter, Sonia
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines the impact of drinking water salinity on children's education using a unique and rich dataset collected from eight southwest coastal districts of Bangladesh. Salinity concentration in drinking water is measured at the household level using water samples from households' primary source of drinking water during the summer, wet and dry season of 20014−15. A third of the deep tube-well water samples was found to be slightly (1000 
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.458