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Missing Women and India's Religious Demography / Borooah, Vani
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications")- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Borooah, Vani
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic status.
- Family Health.
- Fertility.
- Fertility Rate.
- Gender.
- Gender bias.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Important policy.
- Infant mortality.
- Law and Development.
- Levels of infant.
- Mortality.
- Number of children.
- Policy implications.
- Policy Research.
- Population growth.
- Population growth rate.
- Population Policies.
- Progress.
- Religious groups.
- Respect.
- Sex.
- Son preference.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic status.
- Family Health.
- Fertility.
- Fertility Rate.
- Gender.
- Gender bias.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Important policy.
- Infant mortality.
- Law and Development.
- Levels of infant.
- Mortality.
- Number of children.
- Policy implications.
- Policy Research.
- Population growth.
- Population growth rate.
- Population Policies.
- Progress.
- Religious groups.
- Respect.
- Sex.
- Son preference.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (31 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2009
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The authors use recent data from the 2006 National Family Health Survey of India to explore the relationship between religion and demographic behavior. They find that fertility and mortality vary not only between religious groups, but also across caste groups. These groups also differ with respect to socio-economic status. The central finding of this paper is that despite their socio-economic disadvantages, Muslims have higher fertility than their Hindu counterparts and also exhibit lower levels of infant mortality (particularly female infant mortality). This effect is robust to the inclusion of controls for non-religious factors such as socio-economic status and area of residence. This result has important policy implications because it suggests that India's problem of "missing women" may be concentrated in particular groups. The authors conclude that religion and caste play a key role in determining the demographic characteristics of India.
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