Social network predictors of latrine ownership

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-138

  Shakya, Holly B ^a,b   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b   Fowler, James H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Open defecation; Sanitation; Social influence; Social learning; Social networks; Social norms; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; OWNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LATRINE OWNERSHIP; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84919903159     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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