Health and Well-Being in India
A Quantitative Analysis of Inequality in Outcomes and Opportunities
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Beschreibung
The theme of this book is health outcomes in India, in particular to outcomes relating to its caste and religious groups and, within these groups, to their women and children. The book’s tenor is analytical and based upon a rigorous examination of recent data from both government and non-government sources. The major areas covered are sanitation, use by mothers of the government’s child development services, child malnutrition, deaths in families, gender discrimination, and the measurement of welfare.
The theme of this book is health outcomes in India, in particular to outcomes relating to its caste and religious groups and, within these groups, to their women and children. The book’s tenor is analytical and based upon a rigorous examination of recent data from both government and non-government sources. The major areas covered are sanitation, use by mothers of the government’s child development services, child malnutrition, deaths in families, gender discrimination, and the measurement of welfare.
First book to use comparable data to address questions of health and well-being inequality in India Brings a new econometric study on India's health sector to the field Uses national surveys on family health and human development going back over two decades Provides critical engagement with policies and structural issues
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Vani Kant Borooah
Themen in »Health and Well-Being in India«
gender patriarchal society parental care self-reported health womens' autonomy inequality and wellbeing in India health outcomes and policy in India sanitation and hygiene in India child malnutrition India’s Integrated Child Development Services health of elderly persons