TITLE:
Coping to Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh, India: Evidence from NSSO 76th Round Data
AUTHORS:
Surendra Singh Jatav, Sanatan Nayak, Surendra Meher, Sonali Narang
KEYWORDS:
Hand-Wash, NSSO, Binary Logistic Regression, Covid-19, Uttar Pradesh
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.9 No.2,
May
28,
2021
ABSTRACT: This
paper aims at identifying key determinants, which influence and motivates
households to wash hand on a regular basis with soap and water before taking
meal and after open defecation in urban Uttar Pradesh using household-level 76th round NSSO data (July-December 2018). Binary logistic regression model results
show households those are having access to safe and sufficient water throughout
the year are also more likely to wash their hands compare to those households that
don’t have access to water. Therefore, increasing investment in WASH services
would act as an important mechanism to mitigate the secondary effects of
Covid-19 in communities.