Abstract
It tries to identify patterns and determinants of gender gap in child health in India. It applies Borda rule, PCA, Logistic regression on 3 NFHS rounds. Children under 3 years are units of analysis.
With 21 indicators, it is shown that there are evidence of gender gap exists in all states of India. It is found that gender gap in various health outcomes are not much related to gender gap in various indicators of health-seeking behaviour. However for girl children’s health achievement, indicators of health-seeking behaviour are significantly related to indicators of health outcome. It is also shown that any consistently robust pattern of gender bias against girl children in child health is not present in India. But there is a consistent pattern of girl children’s absolute health achievement.
Hence we focus on girl children exclusively and tried to identify the determinants of health achievements for girl children. We analyse effects of some selected variables on chance of full immunisation, medical treatment in diarrhoea and fever/ cough, breastfeeding, malnutrition and mortality for girl children. Except for a few cases, the results are consistently robust. It has been found that, among others, female education and women’s empowerment do have a positive role in reducing gender bias in child health in India.
With 21 indicators, it is shown that there are evidence of gender gap exists in all states of India. It is found that gender gap in various health outcomes are not much related to gender gap in various indicators of health-seeking behaviour. However for girl children’s health achievement, indicators of health-seeking behaviour are significantly related to indicators of health outcome. It is also shown that any consistently robust pattern of gender bias against girl children in child health is not present in India. But there is a consistent pattern of girl children’s absolute health achievement.
Hence we focus on girl children exclusively and tried to identify the determinants of health achievements for girl children. We analyse effects of some selected variables on chance of full immunisation, medical treatment in diarrhoea and fever/ cough, breastfeeding, malnutrition and mortality for girl children. Except for a few cases, the results are consistently robust. It has been found that, among others, female education and women’s empowerment do have a positive role in reducing gender bias in child health in India.
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