Fertility, mortality and gender bias among tribal population: An Indian perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1333-1351

  Maharatna, Arup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropological literature; Demographic studies; Female male ratio; Fertility; Gender discrimination; Infant mortality; Low caste; Mortality; Sex ratio; Sociocultural features; Tribes

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORTALITY;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 0033966588     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00342-1     Document Type: Article

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