Mother-father resource control, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh

The approach of this study is to examine the effects of household asset ownership patterns on the morbidity status of male and female preschoolers, measured as the number of illness days in the two weeks preceding the household survey.Section 2 of this study outlines the theoretical model. Section 3...

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Main Author: Hallman, Kelly
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156224
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Summary:The approach of this study is to examine the effects of household asset ownership patterns on the morbidity status of male and female preschoolers, measured as the number of illness days in the two weeks preceding the household survey.Section 2 of this study outlines the theoretical model. Section 3 describes the data and variables. Section 4 lays out the empirical specification. Sections 5 and 6 present the results and concluding remarks.