Sayeed Unisa
Biographic Data
| ID | 125492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sayeed Unisa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sayeed |
| FAMILY NAME | Unisa |
| SIGNATURE | UNISA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Population Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9945-6053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The effect of the Mid-Day Meal programme on the longitudinal physical growth from childhood to adolescence in India
The study aims to examine the effect of the world’s largest school-feeding programme, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) programme, on the changes in the underweight prevalence among school-children in India. Data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) Rounds 1 (2004–05) and 2 (2011–12) were utilized. The sample included individual-level information of children aged 6 to 9 years in IHDS-1 who then turned 13 to 16 years in IHDS-2. The sample was cate…
Status and correlates of non-communicable diseases among children and adolescents in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities
The emergence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in childhood poses a serious risk to a healthy adult life. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCDs among children and adolescents in slums and non-slums areas of four metropolitan cities of India, and in rural areas of the respective states The study further, investigated the effect of the place residence as slum vs. non-slum and other risk factors of the NCDs. Nationally repres…
Do dietary patterns and morbidities have a relationship with primary infertility among women? A study from NFHS-4 (2015–16), India
This study assessed the rate of primary infertility and its associated factors among 402,807 currently married women aged 20–49 years in India using National Family Health Survey-4 data collected in 2015–2016. Dietary patterns and selected morbidities were included as independent variables, and socioeconomic variables were considered as covariates. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to estimate the prevalence of primary infertility and…
Data quality of birthweight reporting in India
The study aims to assess the quality of birthweight data collected in two surveys, including the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) and the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS), and as reported in the statistics from the Health Management Information System (HMIS). The study also aims to assess the implications of the data on the estimates of low birthweight (LBW). The percentage of newborns whose birthweight is missing continues to b…
Status and correlates of micronutrient deficiencies in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities
Addressing reproductive health knowledge, infertility and coping strategies among rural women in India
An awareness of fertility and the factors affecting it is crucial to dealing with infertility, though little research has been conducted in the context of rural India. This study assessed Indian women’s perceived causes of, and strategies for coping with, infertility and the associations with levels of reproductive health knowledge in rural areas. Primary data were collected through mapping and listing in high infertility prevalence districts of …
Predictors of the diets consumed by adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers with children under age two years in rural eastern India
Adolescents, pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 years of age are in stages of life characterized by higher nutritional demands. The study measured the dietary diversity of 17,680 adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers of children under age 2 years in the eastern Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha using data from the Swabhimaan baseline survey conducted in 2016. The association of women’s mean Dietary Diversity Score…
Continuum of maternal health care services and its impact on child immunization in India
Continuum of care throughout pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery has proved to be a critical health intervention for improving the health of mothers and their newborn children. Using data from the fourth wave of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015–16, this study examined the correlates of utilization of maternal health care services and child immunization following the continuum of care approach in India. The study also…
Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women
A quarter of 400 million urban Indian residents are poor. Urban poor women are as undernourished as or worse than rural women but urban averages mask this disparity. We present the spectrum of malnutrition and their determinants for more than 26,000 urban women who gave birth within 5 years from the last two rounds of Demographic Health Survey 2006 and 2016. Among urban mothers in the lowest quartile by wealth index (urban poor), 12.8% (95% CI [1…
Mid-upper arm circumference cut-offs for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian adolescent girls aged 10–19 years in field settings
Objective: (i) To assess diagnostic accuracy of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian adolescent girls aged 10–14 and 15–19 years compared with BMI-for-age Z -score (BAZ) <−2 and <−3 as the gold standard and (ii) to identify appropriate MUAC cut-offs for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian girls aged 10–14 and 15–19 years. Design: Cross-sectional, conducted October 2016–April 2017. Se…
State-Level Dietary Diversity as a Contextual Determinant of Nutritional Status of Children in India
This study aimed to identify the determinants of nutritional status of children in India with a special focus on dietary diversity at the state level. Household-level consumption data from three rounds of the Consumer Expenditure Survey of the National Sample Survey Organization (1993–2012) were used. Information on the nutritional status of children was taken from the National Family Health Survey (2005–06). Dietary diversity indices were constr…
Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescent and Young Adult Married Women in South Asia
This study examined the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among young women in South Asia using Demographic and Health Survey data from India (2005–2006), Bangladesh (2007) and Nepal (2011). The respondents were adolescent and young adult married women aged 15–24 years who had at least one childbirth in the five years preceding the survey. Bivariate and stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses…
Female Education and Its Association With Changes in Socio-Demographic Behaviour
Education is a crucial factor in influencing the pattern and timing of marriage for women, and the changes in levels of female literacy will also change the dynamics of family formation. India has experienced consistent improvement in levels of female literacy; therefore, this study examined the association of women's education with the changes in their demographic behaviour in the Indian context. The central idea of the paper is to examine the d…
Surrogacy from a reproductive rights perspective
La gestation pour autrui, comme nouvelle technique de reproduction, est une pratique de plus en plus utilisée et un sujet d’actualité particulièrement discuté sur la scène transnationale. Elle fait l’objet de nombreuses controverses car elle induit désormais des relations complexes entre des populations riches du Nord et des populations plus vulnérables du Sud. La littérature à ce sujet aborde essentiellement les aspects éthiques, médicaux et fam…
Failing Fatherhood
Women's Perception of a Sad Married Life and Higher Marital Instability
Earlier studies showed that the presence of a son in the family consistently decreases the likelihood of marital instability. We investigated the determinants of a perceived sad married life and high marital instability by analyzing data from an in-depth interview of 329 women in an ethnographic survey conducted in five villages of Haryana state of India during the year 2003. Our study provides empirical evidence of an association between childre…
Women's Childhood Experience
The childhood experience of women is an important aspect of study in order to promote a change in women's fertility behavior and individual perpetration of gender discrimination. We looked into different dimensions and correlates of childhood experiences by exploring data of 329 women in an ethnographic survey conducted in five villages of Haryana, India. We found women's childhood experiences in rural Haryana were relatively worse; a significant…
Ageing and Dependency in India
This paper modifies the measurement of dependency and applies it to the Indian situation at the state level. It is generally believed that the aged are a burden on the family and the nation as they do not contribute to the national income. This is not always true. In India: 40 per cent of those aged 60 and over are working, which rises to 61 per cent in the case of males. On the other hand, there are adults (age group 15–59) who are not working a…
Health Care and Health Among Tribal Women in Jharkhand
The paper investigates the health care and health condition among the tribal women in comparison to the non-tribal women in the newly formed state of Jharkhand by drawing upon data from the National Family Health Survey - 2, conducted during 1998-99. The non-tribal women were better off than the tribal women in terms of standard of living, education and other socio-demographic indicators. The paper lists out antenatal, delivery and postnatal char…
Social dimension of fertility in India
Childlessness in Andhra Pradesh, India
Andhra Pradesh has a high incidence of childlessness, compared to the rest of India. This paper is based on a study that explored the psychosocial consequences of childlessness in Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1998, and describes the extent and kinds of infertility treatment sought. Currently married women aged 20 years or more who had been married for at least three years with no live birth were included; the rate ofchildlessnes…
Demographic profile of the girl child in India
This article presents a statistical profile of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of female children in India during 1951-91. The population 0-14 years old increased during 1951-81. In 1991, there were 52-55 million children 0-4 years old. 40% of all women were 0-14 years old, 19% of the total population in 1991. Boys outnumbered girls at all childhood ages. Males gained more in mortality improvements than girls did over time. The …
Childlessness in Andhra Pradesh, India
Andhra Pradesh has a high incidence of childlessness, compared to the rest of India. This paper is based on a study that explored the psychosocial consequences of childlessness in Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1998, and describes the extent and kinds of infertility treatment sought. Currently married women aged 20 years or more who had been married for at least three years with no live birth were included; the rate ofchildlessnes…
Failing Fatherhood
Women's Childhood Experience
The childhood experience of women is an important aspect of study in order to promote a change in women's fertility behavior and individual perpetration of gender discrimination. We looked into different dimensions and correlates of childhood experiences by exploring data of 329 women in an ethnographic survey conducted in five villages of Haryana, India. We found women's childhood experiences in rural Haryana were relatively worse; a significant…
Ageing and Dependency in India
This paper modifies the measurement of dependency and applies it to the Indian situation at the state level. It is generally believed that the aged are a burden on the family and the nation as they do not contribute to the national income. This is not always true. In India: 40 per cent of those aged 60 and over are working, which rises to 61 per cent in the case of males. On the other hand, there are adults (age group 15–59) who are not working a…
Social dimension of fertility in India
Demographic profile of the girl child in India
This article presents a statistical profile of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of female children in India during 1951-91. The population 0-14 years old increased during 1951-81. In 1991, there were 52-55 million children 0-4 years old. 40% of all women were 0-14 years old, 19% of the total population in 1991. Boys outnumbered girls at all childhood ages. Males gained more in mortality improvements than girls did over time. The …
Childlessness in Andhra Pradesh, India
Andhra Pradesh has a high incidence of childlessness, compared to the rest of India. This paper is based on a study that explored the psychosocial consequences of childlessness in Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1998, and describes the extent and kinds of infertility treatment sought. Currently married women aged 20 years or more who had been married for at least three years with no live birth were included; the rate ofchildlessnes…
Social dimension of fertility in India
Health Care and Health Among Tribal Women in Jharkhand
The paper investigates the health care and health condition among the tribal women in comparison to the non-tribal women in the newly formed state of Jharkhand by drawing upon data from the National Family Health Survey - 2, conducted during 1998-99. The non-tribal women were better off than the tribal women in terms of standard of living, education and other socio-demographic indicators. The paper lists out antenatal, delivery and postnatal char…
Ageing and Dependency in India
This paper modifies the measurement of dependency and applies it to the Indian situation at the state level. It is generally believed that the aged are a burden on the family and the nation as they do not contribute to the national income. This is not always true. In India: 40 per cent of those aged 60 and over are working, which rises to 61 per cent in the case of males. On the other hand, there are adults (age group 15–59) who are not working a…
Women's Childhood Experience
The childhood experience of women is an important aspect of study in order to promote a change in women's fertility behavior and individual perpetration of gender discrimination. We looked into different dimensions and correlates of childhood experiences by exploring data of 329 women in an ethnographic survey conducted in five villages of Haryana, India. We found women's childhood experiences in rural Haryana were relatively worse; a significant…
Failing Fatherhood
Women's Perception of a Sad Married Life and Higher Marital Instability
Earlier studies showed that the presence of a son in the family consistently decreases the likelihood of marital instability. We investigated the determinants of a perceived sad married life and high marital instability by analyzing data from an in-depth interview of 329 women in an ethnographic survey conducted in five villages of Haryana state of India during the year 2003. Our study provides empirical evidence of an association between childre…
Female Education and Its Association With Changes in Socio-Demographic Behaviour
Education is a crucial factor in influencing the pattern and timing of marriage for women, and the changes in levels of female literacy will also change the dynamics of family formation. India has experienced consistent improvement in levels of female literacy; therefore, this study examined the association of women's education with the changes in their demographic behaviour in the Indian context. The central idea of the paper is to examine the d…
Surrogacy from a reproductive rights perspective
La gestation pour autrui, comme nouvelle technique de reproduction, est une pratique de plus en plus utilisée et un sujet d’actualité particulièrement discuté sur la scène transnationale. Elle fait l’objet de nombreuses controverses car elle induit désormais des relations complexes entre des populations riches du Nord et des populations plus vulnérables du Sud. La littérature à ce sujet aborde essentiellement les aspects éthiques, médicaux et fam…
Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescent and Young Adult Married Women in South Asia
This study examined the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among young women in South Asia using Demographic and Health Survey data from India (2005–2006), Bangladesh (2007) and Nepal (2011). The respondents were adolescent and young adult married women aged 15–24 years who had at least one childbirth in the five years preceding the survey. Bivariate and stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses…
State-Level Dietary Diversity as a Contextual Determinant of Nutritional Status of Children in India
This study aimed to identify the determinants of nutritional status of children in India with a special focus on dietary diversity at the state level. Household-level consumption data from three rounds of the Consumer Expenditure Survey of the National Sample Survey Organization (1993–2012) were used. Information on the nutritional status of children was taken from the National Family Health Survey (2005–06). Dietary diversity indices were constr…
Mid-upper arm circumference cut-offs for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian adolescent girls aged 10–19 years in field settings
Objective: (i) To assess diagnostic accuracy of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian adolescent girls aged 10–14 and 15–19 years compared with BMI-for-age Z -score (BAZ) <−2 and <−3 as the gold standard and (ii) to identify appropriate MUAC cut-offs for screening thinness and severe thinness in Indian girls aged 10–14 and 15–19 years. Design: Cross-sectional, conducted October 2016–April 2017. Se…
Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women
A quarter of 400 million urban Indian residents are poor. Urban poor women are as undernourished as or worse than rural women but urban averages mask this disparity. We present the spectrum of malnutrition and their determinants for more than 26,000 urban women who gave birth within 5 years from the last two rounds of Demographic Health Survey 2006 and 2016. Among urban mothers in the lowest quartile by wealth index (urban poor), 12.8% (95% CI [1…
Addressing reproductive health knowledge, infertility and coping strategies among rural women in India
An awareness of fertility and the factors affecting it is crucial to dealing with infertility, though little research has been conducted in the context of rural India. This study assessed Indian women’s perceived causes of, and strategies for coping with, infertility and the associations with levels of reproductive health knowledge in rural areas. Primary data were collected through mapping and listing in high infertility prevalence districts of …
Predictors of the diets consumed by adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers with children under age two years in rural eastern India
Adolescents, pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 years of age are in stages of life characterized by higher nutritional demands. The study measured the dietary diversity of 17,680 adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers of children under age 2 years in the eastern Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha using data from the Swabhimaan baseline survey conducted in 2016. The association of women’s mean Dietary Diversity Score…
Continuum of maternal health care services and its impact on child immunization in India
Continuum of care throughout pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery has proved to be a critical health intervention for improving the health of mothers and their newborn children. Using data from the fourth wave of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015–16, this study examined the correlates of utilization of maternal health care services and child immunization following the continuum of care approach in India. The study also…
Do dietary patterns and morbidities have a relationship with primary infertility among women? A study from NFHS-4 (2015–16), India
This study assessed the rate of primary infertility and its associated factors among 402,807 currently married women aged 20–49 years in India using National Family Health Survey-4 data collected in 2015–2016. Dietary patterns and selected morbidities were included as independent variables, and socioeconomic variables were considered as covariates. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to estimate the prevalence of primary infertility and…
Data quality of birthweight reporting in India
The study aims to assess the quality of birthweight data collected in two surveys, including the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) and the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS), and as reported in the statistics from the Health Management Information System (HMIS). The study also aims to assess the implications of the data on the estimates of low birthweight (LBW). The percentage of newborns whose birthweight is missing continues to b…
Status and correlates of micronutrient deficiencies in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities
Status and correlates of non-communicable diseases among children and adolescents in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities
The emergence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in childhood poses a serious risk to a healthy adult life. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCDs among children and adolescents in slums and non-slums areas of four metropolitan cities of India, and in rural areas of the respective states The study further, investigated the effect of the place residence as slum vs. non-slum and other risk factors of the NCDs. Nationally repres…
The effect of the Mid-Day Meal programme on the longitudinal physical growth from childhood to adolescence in India
The study aims to examine the effect of the world’s largest school-feeding programme, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) programme, on the changes in the underweight prevalence among school-children in India. Data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) Rounds 1 (2004–05) and 2 (2011–12) were utilized. The sample included individual-level information of children aged 6 to 9 years in IHDS-1 who then turned 13 to 16 years in IHDS-2. The sample was cate…
Medicine (15 works) · Demography (13 works) · Population (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (6 works)