Household wealth and child health in India

Population Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-41

  Chalasani, Satvika ^a   Rutstein, Shea ^b  

^a One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

1990s; child mortality; India; infant mortality; NFHS; stunting; under 5 mortality; underweight; wasting; wealth index

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84895068186     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.795601     Document Type: Article

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