Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016
Gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have been a topic of interest for a long time, but little is known on trends or geographic variability in recent periods. We examined the degree to which historic patterns in gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in...
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| author | Alderman, Harold Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tran, Lan Mai Menon, Purnima |
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| description | Gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have been a topic of interest for a long time, but little is known on trends or geographic variability in recent periods. We examined the degree to which historic patterns in gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have persisted given recent progress in health and nutrition. Using two nationally representative datasets from India between 2006 and 2016, we estimated mortality rates and stunting by gender and by birth order among children under 5 years old. We then tested for differences between boys and girls within each survey round for both national and state levels using bootstrapped standard errors, controlling for cluster and sampling weights. We found striking progress in child mortality and stunting in India between 2006 and 2016 for both boys and girls. Boys were more likely to die than girls during the first year of life. Girls had a higher risk of mortality between age 1 and 5 years than boys in 2006, but the improvements in survival eliminated this gender gap in 2016. For stunting, we found no gender difference in 2006, but girls had higher height‐for‐age Z‐scores (HAZ) and lower stunting than boys in 2016. Trends in gender gaps in mortality and stunting vary substantially by birth order and between states. Our findings indicate that improvements in mortality and nutritional status among girls have started to close gender disparities. efforts to close gaps must stay the course in states that have made progress and be accelerated in states where disparities are still prominent. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1427872025-04-03T21:29:22Z Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 Alderman, Harold Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tran, Lan Mai Menon, Purnima gender gender equality covid-19 boys girls stunting human nutrition mortality equality Gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have been a topic of interest for a long time, but little is known on trends or geographic variability in recent periods. We examined the degree to which historic patterns in gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have persisted given recent progress in health and nutrition. Using two nationally representative datasets from India between 2006 and 2016, we estimated mortality rates and stunting by gender and by birth order among children under 5 years old. We then tested for differences between boys and girls within each survey round for both national and state levels using bootstrapped standard errors, controlling for cluster and sampling weights. We found striking progress in child mortality and stunting in India between 2006 and 2016 for both boys and girls. Boys were more likely to die than girls during the first year of life. Girls had a higher risk of mortality between age 1 and 5 years than boys in 2006, but the improvements in survival eliminated this gender gap in 2016. For stunting, we found no gender difference in 2006, but girls had higher height‐for‐age Z‐scores (HAZ) and lower stunting than boys in 2016. Trends in gender gaps in mortality and stunting vary substantially by birth order and between states. Our findings indicate that improvements in mortality and nutritional status among girls have started to close gender disparities. efforts to close gaps must stay the course in states that have made progress and be accelerated in states where disparities are still prominent. 2021-07-01 2024-05-22T12:11:04Z 2024-05-22T12:11:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142787 en Open Access John Wiley & Sons Alderman, Harold; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Tran, Lan Mai; and Menon, Purnima. 2021. Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016. Maternal and Child Nutrition 17(3): e13179. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13179 |
| spellingShingle | gender gender equality covid-19 boys girls stunting human nutrition mortality equality Alderman, Harold Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tran, Lan Mai Menon, Purnima Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title | Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title_full | Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title_fullStr | Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title_short | Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 |
| title_sort | trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in india 2006 2016 |
| topic | gender gender equality covid-19 boys girls stunting human nutrition mortality equality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142787 |
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