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The link between infant mortality and child nutrition in India: is there any evidence of a gender bias?

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  • Pushkar Maitra
  • Anu Rammohan

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In this paper, using the 1998–1999 National Family Health Survey data-set from India, we study whether there are gender differentials in infant mortality and child nutrition. Our analysis finds no evidence of gender differentials in survival probability. However, conditional upon surviving the first year, girls are found to have poorer height-for-age outcomes. There are also significant regional differences in both survival probabilities and nutritional outcomes. We show that the height-for-age z-score is significantly lower for higher birth-order children (later-born children), and the effect is monotonically increasing. Finally, parental education and household wealth have statistically significant effects on both survival outcomes and child nutrition.

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  • Pushkar Maitra & Anu Rammohan, 2011. "The link between infant mortality and child nutrition in India: is there any evidence of a gender bias?," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 81-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:16:y:2011:i:1:p:81-110
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2011.539405
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    1. Abdur Rehman & Muhammad Imran Shah & Abdul Manan & Aisha Sadiqa & Ume Ruqia Saadat, 2022. "Impact of Socioeconomic Determinants on Infant Mortality in Pakistan," Journal of Economic Impact, Science Impact Publishers, vol. 4(3), pages 265-277.
    2. Mesbah Fathy Sharaf & Ahmed Shoukry Rashad & Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour, 2019. "Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls?," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 205-230, July.
    3. Anu Rammohan & Niyi Awofeso & Kazi Iqbal, 2014. "Gender differentials in the timing of measles vaccination in rural India," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 30(67), pages 1825-1848.

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