{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-query-tsx","path":"/research/purity-pollution-and-untouchability-challenges-affecting-the-adoption-use-and-sustainability-of-sanitation-programmes-in-rural-india/","result":{"pageContext":{"post":{"slug":"/research/purity-pollution-and-untouchability-challenges-affecting-the-adoption-use-and-sustainability-of-sanitation-programmes-in-rural-india/","title":"Purity, pollution, and untouchability: challenges affecting the adoption, use, and sustainability of sanitation programmes in rural India","date":"Jul 06, 2016","timeToRead":1,"description":"Despite decades of toilet construction, open defecation (OD) remains stubbornly common in rural India. The three authors, all associated with the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (RICE), explore one of the reasons for this: the rejection of affordable pit latrines – particularly the emptying of them – because they are considered ritually polluting.","body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"title\": \"Purity, pollution, and untouchability: challenges affecting the adoption, use, and sustainability of sanitation programmes in rural India\",\n  \"date\": \"2016-07-06\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"purity-pollution-and-untouchability-challenges-affecting-the-adoption-use-and-sustainability-of-sanitation-programmes-in-rural-india\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/research/purity-pollution-and-untouchability-challenges-affecting-the-adoption-use-and-sustainability-of-sanitation-programmes-in-rural-india/\",\n  \"description\": \"Despite decades of toilet construction, open defecation (OD) remains stubbornly common in rural India. The three authors, all associated with the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (RICE), explore one of the reasons for this: the rejection of affordable pit latrines – particularly the emptying of them – because they are considered ritually polluting.\",\n  \"tags\": \"Research, Sanitation\",\n  \"banner\": \"\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Authors: Aashish Gupta, Diane Coffey, Dean Spears\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Published in: \", mdx(\"em\", {\n    parentName: \"p\"\n  }, \"Sustainable Sanitation for All: Experiences, challenges, and innovations\")), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/gupta-et-al-2016-purity-pollution-and-untouchability-challenges-affecting-the-adoption-use-and-sustainability-of-sanitation-programmes-in-rural-india.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Download Paper\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Abstract:\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Despite decades of toilet construction, open defecation (OD) remains stubbornly common in rural India. The three authors, all associated with the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (RICE), explore one of the reasons for this: the rejection of affordable pit latrines \\u2013 particularly the emptying of them \\u2013 because they are considered ritually polluting. \"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The research for this chapter was conducted as part of the Sanitation Quality Use Access and Trends (SQUAT) survey with Sangita Vyas, Nikhil Srivastav, and Payal Hathi; it was an initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Growth Centre. SQUAT set out to answer the question: why is OD so widespread in India? \"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"People were interviewed in 3,235 households in the rural \\u2018Hindi Heartland\\u2019 \\u2013 Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. A parallel qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with 100 individuals in Nepal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat (see Coffey et al., 2014a and b). This chapter draws heavily on these two studies. It goes on to suggest some ways in which the restrictive social norms related to the use and maintenance of low-cost sanitation facilities can be challenged.\"));\n}\n;\nMDXContent.isMDXComponent = true;","tags":[{"name":"Research","slug":"research"},{"name":" Sanitation","slug":"sanitation"}],"banner":null}}},"staticQueryHashes":["318001574","3787687951","3787687951"]}