Replication Data for "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector" (doi:10.7910/DVN/ZMYDWN)

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Replication Data for "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector"

doi:10.7910/DVN/ZMYDWN

Harvard Dataverse

2018-02-15

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Post, Alison, 2018, "Replication Data for "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZMYDWN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:AubEl6Jk3PL04pDLsRHIaw== [fileUNF]

Replication Data for "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector"

doi:10.7910/DVN/ZMYDWN

Post, Alison (University of California, Berkeley)

Harvard Dataverse

Post, Alison

Post, Alison

2018-02-15

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZMYDWN

Social Sciences, information, water, transparency, front line worker, stress, India

Many policies and programs based on informational interventions hinge upon the assumption that providing citizens with information can help improve the quality of public services, or help citizens cope with poor services. We present a causal framework that can be used to identify leaks and blockages in the information production and dissemination process in such programs. We conceptualize the “information pipeline” as a series of connected nodes, each of which constitutes a possible point of blockage. We apply the framework to a field-experimental evaluation of a program that provided households in Bangalore, India, with advance notification of intermittently provided piped water. Our study detected no impacts on household wait times for water or on how citizens viewed the state, but found that notifications reduced stress. Our framework reveals that, in our case, noncompliance among human intermediaries and asymmetric gender relations contributed in large part to these null-to-modest results. Diagnostic frameworks like this should be used more extensively in development research to better understand the mechanisms responsible for program success and failure, to identify subgroups that actually received the intended treatment, and to identify potential leaks and blockages when replicating existing programs in new settings.

This archive contains replication data and code for this article.

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Kumar, Tanu, Alison E. Post, and Isha Ray. 2018. "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector." World Development.

Kumar, Tanu, Alison E. Post, and Isha Ray. 2018. "Flows, leaks and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector." World Development.

• Number of cases: 2520

• No. of variables per record: 7

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

UNF:6:lrHSrJz/bqHQtJsKLjtSMA==

This file contains data used in our assessment of notification accuracy.

• Number of cases: 2523

• No. of variables per record: 53

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

UNF:6:wrNwj+YYNuxBbr93HKSgxw==

This file contains our primary dataset

• Number of cases: 3482

• No. of variables per record: 2

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

UNF:6:zEd0tS/IBgBJCg7ROHMZYg==

This file places households in valve areas.

• HHID - HHID
• Valve Area - Valve Area
• Q209_WaterStart - Q209_WaterStart
• VRMean - VRMean
• VRsd - VRsd
• Q209Discrp - Q209Discrp
• Q206_discrepancy - Q206_discrepancy
• ObsNum - ObsNum
• HHid - HHid
• Q101_water_source - Q101_water_source
• Q104_state - Q104_state
• Q203_storagetank - Q203_storagetank
• Q204_storagetankyesno - Q204_storagetankyesno
• Q205_pipedwaterdays.x - Q205_pipedwaterdays.x
• Q215_decimal_waterwait.x - Q215_decimal_waterwait.x
• Q217_hoursmissed.x - Q217_hoursmissed.x
• Q219_missfunctions.x - Q219_missfunctions.x
• Q220_waterstorage - Q220_waterstorage
• Q234_worryaboutwater.x - Q234_worryaboutwater.x
• Q235_thinkaboutwater.x - Q235_thinkaboutwater.x
• Q236_worryaboutlate.x - Q236_worryaboutlate.x
• q238_2.x - q238_2.x
• q244_2.x - q244_2.x
• Q249_BWSSBagree.x - Q249_BWSSBagree.x
• Q250_BWSSBagree.x - Q250_BWSSBagree.x
• Q251_BWSSBagree.x - Q251_BWSSBagree.x
• Q258_int_leaders.x - Q258_int_leaders.x
• Q302_integer_numpplhousehold.x - Q302_integer_numpplhousehold.x
• Q307_familyreligion - Q307_familyreligion
• Q308_category - Q308_category
• Q402_roof_type - Q402_roof_type
• q403_4 - q403_4
• Q405_vehicles - Q405_vehicles
• Q406_have_car - Q406_have_car
• Q407_income - Q407_income
• Q501 - Q501
• gps_location_1.Altitude.x - gps_location_1.Altitude.x
• gps_location_1.Accuracy.x - gps_location_1.Accuracy.x
• gps_location_2.Altitude.x - gps_location_2.Altitude.x
• gps_location_2.Accuracy.x - gps_location_2.Accuracy.x
• gps_location_3.Altitude - gps_location_3.Altitude
• gps_location_3.Accuracy - gps_location_3.Accuracy
• Q215_decimal_waterwait.y - Q215_decimal_waterwait.y
• Q217_hoursmissed.y - Q217_hoursmissed.y
• Q219_missfunctions.y - Q219_missfunctions.y
• q220b_1 - q220b_1
• Q234_worryaboutwater.y - Q234_worryaboutwater.y
• Q235_thinkaboutwater.y - Q235_thinkaboutwater.y
• Q236_worryaboutlate.y - Q236_worryaboutlate.y
• q238_2.y - q238_2.y
• q244_2.y - q244_2.y
• Q249_BWSSBagree.y - Q249_BWSSBagree.y
• Q250_BWSSBagree.y - Q250_BWSSBagree.y
• Q251_BWSSBagree.y - Q251_BWSSBagree.y
• Q505_Ndmessages - Q505_Ndmessages
• Q505b_SMSfreq - Q505b_SMSfreq
• Q506d_SMSacc - Q506d_SMSacc
• grp_general_info.int_general_info_block.1 - grp_general_info.int_general_info_block.1
• bl_cl - bl_cl
• treat - treat
• HHid - HHid
• VA Name - VA Name

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Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3YhaCP8psYGQFAo4bDJDeQ==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 3994.6765873015884; Min. 3895.0; Valid 2520.0; Max. 4420.0; StDev 77.79950366426017

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:s+6D8NVbCij9La+D6YBZdw==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 23.0; StDev 2.4152034235435553; Min. 1.0; Valid 940.0; Mean 9.841489361702127

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AsqvkMPkFI38PD+Xn9Hr2A==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 20.60416667; Valid 2020.0; Mean 11.642349292017327; StDev 2.44792054548917; Min. 6.402083333

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:EvyAlyKdVrvnftOkF4Leug==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.025; Valid 1974.0; Max. 12.79356392; StDev 1.5494336365869321; Mean 1.3368932296479228

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:0OX3gdh3QTOIWJZtz4e7hg==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2.570175275109973; Min. -13.04583333; Valid 750.0; Max. 11.775; Mean 1.37654460148

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:seVzuke9sN2SG4XiUae7mQ==

f3125316 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.8279816513761451; Max. 6.0; Valid 1744.0; StDev 1.6805038611771608; Min. -8.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:dw+/YA4aASuVgWkFw6X6/A==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; StDev 728.4716878506673; Min. 1.0; Max. 2523.0; Mean 1262.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:C9++OHizMDEbyp0WzbWj9A==

f3125318 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:/YrPO4ClBK1s1p4vBVmUGQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.6104223094963126; Min. 1.0; Mean 1.2366230677764551; Valid 2523.0; Max. 3.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zwGikG1VvjXD6bfoz4E3oQ==

f3125318 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:0RrGK1bzB2pyePPlPThG8Q==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 2523.0; Mean 3.1676575505350804; Max. 4.0; StDev 0.6384708809881825;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1aneytYHFGEetmo9JRDZuA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1648.0; Max. 2.0; Mean 1.3871359223300974; StDev 0.48724301622806565; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:26G7W7YHnVj/8NaKJe5LQw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 76.56014702037312; Max. 999.0; Mean 9.330558858501824; Valid 2523.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OWkJU9QEEnZOFzl1SttnUQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 112.66162457630402; Min. 0.0; Max. 999.0; Mean 16.148352941176494; Valid 850.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6XmF4ILiiT0qVJja33qHGQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 456.0; Max. 999.0; StDev 140.35049343920133; Mean 32.381798245614085; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7H9evDuZfkHtYgwp9V1ciw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2157.0; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 92.73845967961256; Mean 11.112656467315702

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wGYb0RR4Pd1B8xHOJtP47A==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 1.2600079270709486; Max. 2.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.4387255350440771

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8GeLq+5E+dKbTz7RoErUnQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 52.439118747823485; Max. 999.0; Valid 2523.0; Mean 5.196195005945273; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:JOc/o2uKYdaQq4kAbvLK5g==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 5.2239397542608375; Max. 999.0; StDev 52.437351594108655; Valid 2523.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NMEk64zKWbPTlNhKb/UBpA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 88.38516539348505; Valid 2523.0; Max. 999.0; Mean 10.486325802615996

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2/GxTw1aqUyV4/Wd/9Dc9A==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 2523.0; Mean 0.06817281014665048; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.25209217868910017

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:JbQ9zipEsasTYvMvkfD7uA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 2523.0; StDev 0.3604333267268587; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.1533888228299631

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OKNZRiC8F1VD3W3LMftS/w==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 265.8527573807045; Valid 2523.0; Mean 78.04597701149441; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Vv6UDQEda5GMEovjCO34Ow==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 999.0; Mean 107.29290527150195; Min. 1.0; Valid 2523.0; StDev 307.47026737940377;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:D7L5TCH1nuDjzQfzyo2+yQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 144.93737613951606; StDev 350.18934388180213; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LAvNRHz/l2craIxV5AgIgg==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 457.4249702922382; Valid 2523.0; Mean 300.48156956005084; Min. 0.0; Max. 999.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tRXF8OCqZGJa1m4xWdFcGw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 4.5505350772889415; Valid 2523.0; StDev 2.3448110983812316; Max. 60.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tnLa/eAwbsSASEXPLpiHLw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 5.593737613951625; Min. 1.0; Max. 888.0; Valid 2523.0; StDev 61.017309399984484

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GbNwzvuleaFlui5EnpAyIw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 539.3293697978602; Min. 1.0; Max. 999.0; Valid 2523.0; StDev 485.34549173717335

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3o2ZrByfs9XMxtj+ccb3Ew==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 0.6251431588583803; Valid 2523.0; Max. 3.0; Mean 1.2651605231866747

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:96/pkeZRbRVJvvvlobtDow==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; StDev 0.458018942588511; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.7007530717399892;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jIxMTVV1gLeLtcXldsl5/g==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.2128418549346063; Max. 777.0; Valid 2523.0; StDev 15.467557102837592; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3C/97Fi4DcBLdF7te9flNg==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 1.830360681728104; StDev 0.37539002808784594; Min. 1.0; Max. 2.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gp+y/jw3QoGioLWn/01yuQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 64.53547364248928; StDev 236.91234118314918; Max. 999.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vuJhh6zMRTZd0EdQRnZ1BA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 1.0305192231470475; StDev 0.17204514536909693; Min. 1.0; Max. 2.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2SrIrImpZJIdecZMXlvL5g==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 906.1629805786762; Valid 2523.0; Max. 1387.8; StDev 68.7469509738018; Min. 44.5;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZdomyUhoZT8bkTQS2ghvHQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Max. 53.3; Mean 4.929488703923901; Min. 2.7; StDev 1.1204688537358152;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VwSv7BCeWsY72aejIoYwIg==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; StDev 73.37423960658595; Min. 0.0; Mean 906.0161315893778; Max. 1419.6;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7OwrMV0WtKktchPmlP440A==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 6.170788743559281; StDev 32.318778573845584; Min. 2.7; Max. 817.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AG6eMgE5wQCbVpHOLEzqIA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 71.50891296906502; Min. 0.0; Mean 906.0317479191439; Valid 2523.0; Max. 1391.4

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ny8Mxnq9cpGxS9YVULzF9A==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Min. 2.6; StDev 34.341580038264816; Max. 1005.0; Mean 6.247324613555309

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fovRCga3n70P5+NiWnEVYA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 999.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 12.89323770491803; StDev 100.46588362961491; Valid 488.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nvNJqr7cuzX8pYbf88DQ/Q==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 49.93287037037037; Valid 216.0; StDev 167.56756050357126; Max. 999.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:M6jMq2WCjJmPr8wA1sAtCw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 16.472736368184094; StDev 118.84858062755065; Valid 1999.0; Max. 999.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:glkQqG4I8MX+7csbWRU5ZA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 2523.0; Mean 0.14942528735632107; StDev 0.3565778545044928

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Ja4aldc6+mmO2Ra0wTdfoQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 5.803408640507331; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 56.038690648495624;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pugGPqLfq2bHZ1cZcmTwDw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 5.948077685295316; StDev 56.02977357295239; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 2523.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:diGx7onQojzQn8pMWzsDTw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 7.9682917162108735; Valid 2523.0; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 71.34377314405442;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XBq9C23gz1iDZGxOx91Mow==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; StDev 0.28275977675999386; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.08759413396749861;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KElv2oiFFjU4NXhO3jXZbw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.21839080459770033; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4132359422410115; Valid 2523.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7OAtp7OcbSaQV78QG/7slQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 27.017835909631344; Max. 999.0; StDev 158.09330078007426; Min. 1.0; Valid 2523.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bdc6jDOHckf2M6dHR6dsWA==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 260.083216461963; Mean 74.59730479587773; Min. 1.0; Valid 2523.0; Max. 999.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ov91rMTSud7XpASUfBjnIw==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 999.0; Valid 2523.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 76.7546571541816; StDev 263.24123106132754

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tn4Shgg9ZtTnq24Keyr6Sg==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2523.0; Mean 147.61196987713083; Min. 1.0; Max. 999.0; StDev 352.45544885170773

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:U74bq/QjcH8GISb8W5ju3Q==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 1.0936114822617566; Max. 5.0; Mean 3.4241245136186764; Valid 514.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:QT67jq8Zd5jH+72AMAshXQ==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 72.45842217484011; StDev 255.18090800513556; Max. 999.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 469.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:t8F+3FQcVSFUtradszGZ9g==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 30.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 15.490685691637047; Valid 2523.0; StDev 8.64977506580594

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:sw9Ac3P+Vrf+L+Tk35M0aQ==

f3125318 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:8kR2To9O1BYQQq5YRFuBTg==

f3125318 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.500090279364681; Valid 2523.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.5029726516052319

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:exDf5KQMBF+Ki/ZWCVMovA==

f3125314 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Gi4hy6twKKbyoBgpFUw9CQ==

f3125314 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 77.33807895312515; Mean 3994.59059059059; Max. 4420.0; Min. 3895.0; Valid 2997.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oATDgEOjWuFozm2/LuLa8Q==

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