Sneha Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5185097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sneha Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sneha |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2437-4050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Covid-19 emergency cash transfer and pregnancy in Brazil
BACKGROUND: Governmental financial assistance programs were widely adopted during COVID-19, but their impacts on women's reproductive behavior remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: This paper evaluates how a key social policy instrument implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic - emergency aid - impacted the probability of pregnancy among young women. We also examine whether the use of effective contraceptive methods helps explain the heterogeneous effects o…
Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the Covid-19 Mortality Crisis
In this research note, we examine how family size preferences evolved for women with and without children in response to changing COVID-19 mortality exposure during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We leverage spatiotemporal variation in COVID-19 deaths occurring during panel surveys in 2020 and 2021 with a population-based sample of 2,520 women, aged 18–34, across 94 municipalities in Pernambuco, Brazil. We use individual fixed-effe…
The Feminization of Migration and Mental Health of Older Parents Left Behind
With female outmigration for work on the rise, it becomes pertinent to examine how the evolving gender composition of labor migrant streams influences the well-being of those left behind at origin. This study investigates whether a daughter's outmigration for work distinctly affects the mental health of older parents left behind, drawing on the case of Indonesia — one of the largest sources of male and female migrant labor in the world. It uses i…
Who Can Have a Baby? Social Norms and the Right to Reproduce
Childbearing norms and discourse influence social interactions and policy priorities, reflecting and reinforcing social stratification. We propose a theoretical framework that systematically explains stratification and discrimination in childbearing norms. The theory of socially sanctioned reproduction (TSSR) emphasizes how childbearing and reproductive norms are shaped by individual and intersectional attributes of both evaluators and those eval…
Fertility Intentions During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Recognizing the prolonged, uneven, and evolving nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, this study provides one of the first dynamic, multilevel perspectives of women's fertility intentions in response to the pandemic and its multifaceted impacts. We examine how evolving individual- and community-level Covid-19 risk mechanisms and socioeconomic and life-course conditions are associated with continuity and change in women's fertility intentions. We combi…
Measuring Fertility Intentions During Times of Crisis
Fertility intentions—intentions regarding whether and when to have children—predict reproductive health outcomes. Measuring fertility intentions is difficult, particularly during macrostructural shocks, for at least two reasons: (1) fertility intentions may be especially volatile during periods of uncertainty and (2) macrostructural shocks may constrain data collection. We propose a set of indicators that capture how a macrostructural shock direc…
Bride price, dowry, and young men with time to kill
Rising numbers of young unmarried men in India reflect a marriage squeeze that goes beyond the shortage of brides created by sex-selective abortion. We describe a decline in men's marriageability caused by their falling economic prospects at the same time as families of brides are increasingly seeking grooms with stable employment. We group young men into those without jobs or much education, those with education but no work, and the privileged f…
"Carmilla" fandom as a lesbian community of feeling
The fandom of the contemporary lesbian web series, Carmilla (2014–16), is an affective community built on a set of inclusions and exclusions. Carmilla, a 121-episode web series shot in vlog format, follows the relationship between a human girl and a female vampire, and it has an active online lesbian fandom. Affective bonds are created between Carmilla fans through various kinds of online fan practices, and these flows of affect are influenced by…
Health and marital status of older Chinese couples and implications for intergenerational co-residence
Older individuals who are in poor health or who lack spousal support are in many ways vulnerable in contemporary China. Declines in family size, combined with improvements in life expectancy and the out-migration of young adults from rural areas, have reduced the pool of potential care-givers for a growing number of older individuals. At the same time, state support for elderly people remains inadequate, further emphasising families’ role in care…
Offspring's labor migration and its implications for elderly parents' emotional wellbeing in Indonesia
Gender Inequity in Reproductive Health Decision Making and Management
The paper focused to analyze the level of participation of women in decision making regarding their reproductive health and the nature of health care support they receive during pregnancy. The sample was drawn from 335 rural women aged between 25 to 45 years selected from four blocks of Coimbatore taluk, Tamil Nadu systematically. Data were collected through direct face-to-face interview method. The findings reveal that husbands’ decisions are mo…
Offspring's labor migration and its implications for elderly parents' emotional wellbeing in Indonesia
Measuring Fertility Intentions During Times of Crisis
Fertility intentions—intentions regarding whether and when to have children—predict reproductive health outcomes. Measuring fertility intentions is difficult, particularly during macrostructural shocks, for at least two reasons: (1) fertility intentions may be especially volatile during periods of uncertainty and (2) macrostructural shocks may constrain data collection. We propose a set of indicators that capture how a macrostructural shock direc…
Fertility Intentions During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Recognizing the prolonged, uneven, and evolving nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, this study provides one of the first dynamic, multilevel perspectives of women's fertility intentions in response to the pandemic and its multifaceted impacts. We examine how evolving individual- and community-level Covid-19 risk mechanisms and socioeconomic and life-course conditions are associated with continuity and change in women's fertility intentions. We combi…
Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the Covid-19 Mortality Crisis
In this research note, we examine how family size preferences evolved for women with and without children in response to changing COVID-19 mortality exposure during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We leverage spatiotemporal variation in COVID-19 deaths occurring during panel surveys in 2020 and 2021 with a population-based sample of 2,520 women, aged 18–34, across 94 municipalities in Pernambuco, Brazil. We use individual fixed-effe…
Health and marital status of older Chinese couples and implications for intergenerational co-residence
Older individuals who are in poor health or who lack spousal support are in many ways vulnerable in contemporary China. Declines in family size, combined with improvements in life expectancy and the out-migration of young adults from rural areas, have reduced the pool of potential care-givers for a growing number of older individuals. At the same time, state support for elderly people remains inadequate, further emphasising families’ role in care…
Gender Inequity in Reproductive Health Decision Making and Management
The paper focused to analyze the level of participation of women in decision making regarding their reproductive health and the nature of health care support they receive during pregnancy. The sample was drawn from 335 rural women aged between 25 to 45 years selected from four blocks of Coimbatore taluk, Tamil Nadu systematically. Data were collected through direct face-to-face interview method. The findings reveal that husbands’ decisions are mo…
Gender Inequity in Reproductive Health Decision Making and Management
The paper focused to analyze the level of participation of women in decision making regarding their reproductive health and the nature of health care support they receive during pregnancy. The sample was drawn from 335 rural women aged between 25 to 45 years selected from four blocks of Coimbatore taluk, Tamil Nadu systematically. Data were collected through direct face-to-face interview method. The findings reveal that husbands’ decisions are mo…
"Carmilla" fandom as a lesbian community of feeling
The fandom of the contemporary lesbian web series, Carmilla (2014–16), is an affective community built on a set of inclusions and exclusions. Carmilla, a 121-episode web series shot in vlog format, follows the relationship between a human girl and a female vampire, and it has an active online lesbian fandom. Affective bonds are created between Carmilla fans through various kinds of online fan practices, and these flows of affect are influenced by…
Health and marital status of older Chinese couples and implications for intergenerational co-residence
Older individuals who are in poor health or who lack spousal support are in many ways vulnerable in contemporary China. Declines in family size, combined with improvements in life expectancy and the out-migration of young adults from rural areas, have reduced the pool of potential care-givers for a growing number of older individuals. At the same time, state support for elderly people remains inadequate, further emphasising families’ role in care…
Offspring's labor migration and its implications for elderly parents' emotional wellbeing in Indonesia
Bride price, dowry, and young men with time to kill
Rising numbers of young unmarried men in India reflect a marriage squeeze that goes beyond the shortage of brides created by sex-selective abortion. We describe a decline in men's marriageability caused by their falling economic prospects at the same time as families of brides are increasingly seeking grooms with stable employment. We group young men into those without jobs or much education, those with education but no work, and the privileged f…
Measuring Fertility Intentions During Times of Crisis
Fertility intentions—intentions regarding whether and when to have children—predict reproductive health outcomes. Measuring fertility intentions is difficult, particularly during macrostructural shocks, for at least two reasons: (1) fertility intentions may be especially volatile during periods of uncertainty and (2) macrostructural shocks may constrain data collection. We propose a set of indicators that capture how a macrostructural shock direc…
Fertility Intentions During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Recognizing the prolonged, uneven, and evolving nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, this study provides one of the first dynamic, multilevel perspectives of women's fertility intentions in response to the pandemic and its multifaceted impacts. We examine how evolving individual- and community-level Covid-19 risk mechanisms and socioeconomic and life-course conditions are associated with continuity and change in women's fertility intentions. We combi…
Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the Covid-19 Mortality Crisis
In this research note, we examine how family size preferences evolved for women with and without children in response to changing COVID-19 mortality exposure during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We leverage spatiotemporal variation in COVID-19 deaths occurring during panel surveys in 2020 and 2021 with a population-based sample of 2,520 women, aged 18–34, across 94 municipalities in Pernambuco, Brazil. We use individual fixed-effe…
The Feminization of Migration and Mental Health of Older Parents Left Behind
With female outmigration for work on the rise, it becomes pertinent to examine how the evolving gender composition of labor migrant streams influences the well-being of those left behind at origin. This study investigates whether a daughter's outmigration for work distinctly affects the mental health of older parents left behind, drawing on the case of Indonesia — one of the largest sources of male and female migrant labor in the world. It uses i…
Who Can Have a Baby? Social Norms and the Right to Reproduce
Childbearing norms and discourse influence social interactions and policy priorities, reflecting and reinforcing social stratification. We propose a theoretical framework that systematically explains stratification and discrimination in childbearing norms. The theory of socially sanctioned reproduction (TSSR) emphasizes how childbearing and reproductive norms are shaped by individual and intersectional attributes of both evaluators and those eval…
Covid-19 emergency cash transfer and pregnancy in Brazil
BACKGROUND: Governmental financial assistance programs were widely adopted during COVID-19, but their impacts on women's reproductive behavior remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: This paper evaluates how a key social policy instrument implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic - emergency aid - impacted the probability of pregnancy among young women. We also examine whether the use of effective contraceptive methods helps explain the heterogeneous effects o…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demography (4 works)