Water access in post-tsunami Indonesia

This study focuses on the region of Indonesia that was hit hardest by the massive 2004 tsunami and was then the epicenter of an unprecedented recovery effort. I turn to data from a unique longitudinal survey to evaluate multiple dimensions of water access for almost 6000 families over 10  years. Using logit and multinomial logit regression analysis, I demonstrate that richer households increasingly access higher quality water sources, while poorer households disproportionately turn to lower-quality sources. This result has important implications for health outcomes and for our unde rstanding of how vulnerability extends past the moment of a disaster.
Source: Population and Environment - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research