The pervasive and persistent influence of caste on child mortality in India

This study examines the effect of caste on child mortality and maternal health care utilization in rural India using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2) carried out during 1998–1999. Results from multilevel discrete-time hazard models indicate that, net of individual-level and commu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dommaraju, Premchand, Agadjanian, Victor, Yabiku, Scott
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100650
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17888