Correlational effect of the management of sanitation services to mortality, undernourishment, and government effectiveness

Abstract

Individual human health is the basic foundation of a strong community. Such aspect can be directly correlated with issues on the management of sanitation services, mortality, undernourishment and government effectiveness. This study explored the significant impact of sanitation services management to mortality among children under five years old, prevalence of undernourishment, and government effectiveness worldwide. Web-based numeric data and information from 120 countries have been downloaded, summarized, and analyzed using multivariate clustering and correlation analysis. The findings of this study showed that safely managed sanitation services and the prevalence of undernourishment were found to have a negative correlation. It signifies that as sanitation services are enhanced, the prevalence of undernourishment decreases. Meanwhile, safely managed sanitation services and mortality rates are negatively correlated, which means that as the former improves, the mortality rate drops. In addition, the relationship between safely managed sanitation services and government effectiveness is found to have a strong positive correlation, indicating that safely managed sanitation services depend on effective governance.