Household sanitation access and risk for non-marital sexual violence among a nationally representative sample of women in India, 2015-16

• Main Authors: Georgia Lyn Kayser, PhD (Author), Praveen Chokhandre (Author), Namratha Rao (Author), Abhishek Singh, PhD (Author), Lotus McDougal (Author), Anita Raj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Lack of household sanitation, specifically toilet facilities, can adversely affect the safety of women and girls by requiring them to leave their households to defecate alone and at night, leaving them more vulnerable to non-marital sexual violence. This study analyzes the association be...