Sex Differentials in Childhood Feeding, Health Care, and Nutritional Status in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4122029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vinod Mishra (0000-0002-4686-5195, East–West Center), Tarun Kumar Roy (0000-0003-3181-7067, International Institute for Population Sciences), Robert D Retherford (East–West Center) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-295 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.013_1.x |
| OpenAlex | W2054494979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 99 |
| References cited | 33 |
Strong preference for sons in South Asia is well documented, but evidence on female disadvantage in childhood feeding, health care, and nutritional status is inconclusive. This article examines sex differentials in indicators of childhood feeding, health care, and nutritional status of children under age 3 by birth order and sex composition of older living siblings. Data are from India's 1992-93 and 1998-99 National Family Health Surveys. The analysis finds three reasons for inconclusive evidence on female disadvantage in aggregate analyses. First, discrimination against girls is limited to the relatively small fraction of children of certain birth orders and sex compositions of older siblings. Second, discrimination against girls when boys are in short supply and discrimination against boys when girls are in short supply cancel each other to some extent. Third, some discrimination against girls (e.g., in exclusive breastfeeding at 6-9 months) is nutritionally beneficial to girls. Separate analyses for North and South India find that gender discrimination is as common in the South as in the North, where son preference is generally much stronger
Birth order · Breastfeeding · Disadvantage · Population · Preference · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Pediatrics
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