Understanding wealth-based inequalities in child health in India: A decomposition approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2160-2169

  Chalasani, Satvika ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Child mortality; Concentration index; Decomposition; Health inequalities; India; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 84869496828     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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