The Impact of Drinking Water Quality and Sanitation on Child Health

This paper examines the factors affecting child health due to drinking water quality and sanitation in Chromepet and Pallavaram Township of Tamil Nadu. The model has been estimated using Probit Model and Cox-Proportional Model using a Primary data. The results of the analysis show that drinking water quality, sanitation, fuel kind of used and Precautionary measures taken by the household significantly affect the health. In Cox-proportional Model, the drinking water quality and sanitation were not significant but precautionary measures are highly significant indicating child mortality. This suggests the need for stringent regulatory mechanism to supply clear drinking water as it is to poor who are usually affected by water related diseases