Learning to dislike safe water products: Results from a randomized controlled trial of the effects of direct and peer experience on willingness to pay

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6244-6251

  Luoto, Jill ^a   Mahmud, Minhaj ^b,c   Albert, Jeff ^d   Luby, Stephen ^b   Najnin, Nusrat ^b   Unicomb, Leanne ^b   Levine, David I ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^d Aquaya Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AT-RISK POPULATION; BANGLADESH; CONTROL GROUPS; DIRECT EXPERIENCE; HOUSEHOLD WATER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POINT-OF-USE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; RETAIL PRICE; SAFE WATER; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHLORINE; COSTS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; WATER TREATMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BANGLADESH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEARNING; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84861873486     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2027967     Document Type: Article

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