Why are adult women missing? Son preference and maternal survival in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 134, Issue , 2018, Pages 467-484

  Milazzo, Annamaria ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fertility and birth spacing; India; Maternal morbidity and mortality; Missing women; Son preference

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ELDERLY POPULATION; FERTILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RACISM; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 85049908504     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.06.009     Document Type: Article

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