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Payal Hathi

University of California, Berkeley
phathi@berkeley.edu

Payal Hathi is a Ph.D. student in Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests centre on health and well-being in India, with a focus on social inequality, gender, sanitation, and the environment. Originally from southern California, Payal holds a B.A. in economics from UC Berkeley and an M.P.A. in Public Policy and Development Studies from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.  

Posts by Payal Hathi

मानसिक स्वास्थ्य को मापने के लिए फोन सर्वेक्षण का इस्तेमाल

कोविड-19 के कारण सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य एवं मानवीय संकटों ने खराब मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के मुद्दे को उजागर किया है। शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य की तरह मानसिक स्वास्थ्य भी काम और जीवन की गुणवत्ता को प्रभावित कर सकता है,...

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भारत में सामाजिक और आर्थिक अनुसंधान के लिए फोन सर्वेक्षण पद्धति

कोविड-19 के प्रसार को रोकने हेतु लगाई गई पाबंदियों और सामाजिक दूरी के दिशानिर्देशों के मद्देनजर फेस-टू-फेस सर्वेक्षणों के माध्यम से डेटा संग्रह करने में बड़ी बाधाओं का सामना करना पड़ा है। इस पोस्ट में ...

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Using phone surveys to measure mental health

The public health and humanitarian crises caused by Covid-19 have led to greater recognition of the issue of poor mental health. Although mental health can affect work and quality of life much like ph...

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Phone survey methodology for social and economic research in India

Data collection using face-to-face surveys has faced a roadblock in the wake of restricted mobility and social distancing guidelines to contain the spread of Covid-19. In this post, Coffey et al. desc...

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Using mobile phones to measure discrimination

One aspect of human well-being that has often been overlooked in survey research on low- and middle-income countries is the extent to which prejudice and discrimination diminish social welfare. This a...

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Why we still need to measure open defecation in rural India

On October 2, the government will host the UN Secretary General and other international delegates at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention, to celebrate India’s progress on ending o...

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Maternity entitlements for healthier babies

The National Food Security Act, 2013 provides for a maternity benefit of not less than Rs. 6,000 for every pregnant and lactating mother in India. In this article, Coffey and Hathi explain why materni...

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