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Ashish Singh |
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''Gender based within-household inequality in immunization status of children: some evidence from South Asian countries'' |
( 2015, Vol. 35 No.2 ) |
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Using households with a pair of male-female siblings from DHS surveys, this paper estimates gender based within-household inequality in immunization status of children (aged 1-5 years) from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. I find substantial level of gender based within-household inequality in immunization status (with large inter-country variations) in the countries studied. Further, I estimate household fixed-effects models for immunization status and find significant difference between the immunization status of male and female children (with female children at a disadvantaged position) in India and Nepal. |
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Keywords: Gender, Within-household inequality, Immunization, Children, South Asian Countries |
JEL: D1 - Household Behavior: General D3 - Distribution: General |
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Manuscript Received : Dec 07 2014 | | Manuscript Accepted : Apr 09 2015 |
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