Too young to die : genes or gender?

Contributor(s): United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 1998. Description: xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9211513251Subject(s): Children -- Mortality | Infants -- Mortality | Children -- Mortality -- Developing countries | Infants -- Mortality -- Developing countries | Mortality -- Sex differencesDDC classification: 304.6408 LOC classification: HB1323.C5 | T66 1998Online resources: WorldCat details

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TOC Introduction: Reproductive Change in India and Brazil: Implications for Understanding Fertility Decline / Monica Das Gupta, George Martine and Lincoln C. Chen Factors Influencing Reproductive Change. 1. Social Development and Fertility Reduction in Kerala / T. N. Krishnan. 2. Fertility Decline in Punjab, India: Parallels with Historical Europe / Monica Das Gupta. 3. Contours of Fertility Decline in India: An Analysis of District Level Trends from Two Recent Censuses / P. N. Mari Bhat. 4. Emerging Regional Differences in Fertility in India: Causes and Correlations / P. N. Mari Bhat. 5. Brazil's Fertility Decline, 1965 95: A Fresh Look at Key Factors / George Martine. 6. Demographic and Socio economic Implications of Rapid Fertility Decline in Brazil: A Window of Opportunity / Jose Alberto Magno de Carvalho and Laura Rodriguez Wong Women's Position and Reproductive Change. 7. Gender and Reproductive Decision Making: The Contraceptive Choice of Women in a Brazilian Favela / Georgia Kaufmann. 8. Female Participation in Health and Education: A Leading Factor in Fertility Reduction in India / D. Narayana. 9. Fertility Transition in India: Implications for Social Policies / Anrudh Jain. 10. Mortality, Fertility, and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis / Mamta Murthi, Anne Catherine Guio and Jean Dreze. 11. The Reproductive Health of Brazilian Women During the 'Lost Decade' / Elza Berquo.

Summary: Summary: This report is the product of a UN Population Division study of the sex differentials in infant, child, and under-five mortality and the specific mechanisms that may lead to excess female mortality in childhood. It consists of 10 chapters "that explore a broad range of mechanisms, ranging from the biological to the social and economic, that influence sex differentials in childhood mortality. The mechanisms considered affect mortality differentials either directly, as in the case of the nutritional status of boys and girls or the differential use of health care by sex of child, or indirectly, as in the case of maternal education and decisions regarding the intra-household allocation of resources. The study also provides a historical account of the evolution of the sex differentials in childhood mortality in today's developed countries during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Another major contribution is its measurement and analysis of the levels and trends of infant, child and under-five mortality for boys and girls during the 1970s and 1980s. Such analysis allows the identification of the countries and regions in which girls have a survival disadvantage compared to boys, and permits an objective assessment of the magnitude and extent of excess female mortality in childhood." (Excerpt)

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Too young to die.
New York : United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 1998
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Summary:
This report is the product of a UN Population Division study of the sex differentials in infant, child, and under-five mortality and the specific mechanisms that may lead to excess female mortality in childhood. It consists of 10 chapters "that explore a broad range of mechanisms, ranging from the biological to the social and economic, that influence sex differentials in childhood mortality. The mechanisms considered affect mortality differentials either directly, as in the case of the nutritional status of boys and girls or the differential use of health care by sex of child, or indirectly, as in the case of maternal education and decisions regarding the intra-household allocation of resources. The study also provides a historical account of the evolution of the sex differentials in childhood mortality in today's developed countries during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Another major contribution is its measurement and analysis of the levels and trends of infant, child and under-five mortality for boys and girls during the 1970s and 1980s. Such analysis allows the identification of the countries and regions in which girls have a survival disadvantage compared to boys, and permits an objective assessment of the magnitude and extent of excess female mortality in childhood." (Excerpt)

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