Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53913-y, published online 05 November 2024

In the version of the article initially published, ref. 4 was incorrect and has now been amended to “Alsan, M., & Goldin, C. Watersheds in child mortality: The role of effective water and sewerage infrastructure, 1880–1920. J. Pol. Econ. 127, 586–638 (2019)”. Reference 5 was also incorrect and has now been replaced with “Hernández, D. & Laird, J. Surviving a shut-off: US households at greatest risk of utility disconnections and how they cope. Am. Behav. Sci. 66, 856–880 (2022)” (originally ref. 13). The original ref. 9 was erroneously included and has now been removed from the article. These corrections have been made to the HTML and PDF versions of the article.