Understanding open defecation in rural India untouchability, pollution, and latrine pits

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-66

  Coffey, Diane ^a   Gupta, Aashish ^a   Hathi, Payal ^a   Spears, Dean ^a   Srivastav, Nikhil ^a   Vyas, Sangita ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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