On Diarrhoea in Adolescents and School Toilets:Insights from an Indian Village School Study
研究调查了印度乡村学校青少年腹泻的影响因素，发现卫生设施、排便习惯和居住拥挤程度是关键，且学校厕所使用率受性别和家庭厕所条件影响，仅安装厕所不足以消除露天排便。
The economics literature on the determinants of diarrhoea focuses on infants; but what about school going adolescents? Our survey in an Indian village school affirms that sanitation, defecation practices at home and school, and the degree of crowding of living space at home are all significant determinants of diarrhoeal incidence for adolescents. Usage of toilets at school varies as a function of gender and existence of a toilet in student’s home. Access to toilets is not sufficient to guarantee their usage. To eliminate open defecation: toilets installation, behavioural change, and sustainable mechanisms to maintain school toilets seem necessary.