Husband's preference for a son and women's nutrition: Examining the role of actual and desired family composition on women's anaemia and body mass index in India

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Sabarwal, Shagun ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^a   Silverman, Jay G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

gender of children; maternal anaemia; maternal underweight; paternal attitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAUGHTER; FAMILY; FAMILY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUSBAND PREFERENCE; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SON; UNDERWEIGHT;

ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SPOUSES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINNESS;

EID: 83555174799     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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