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The Syrian Christians of Kerala: Demographic and Socioeconomic Transition in the Twentieth Century
Zachariah, K.C. - eSocialSciences - 2010
comprising fertility, mortality, and migration. [Working Paper No. 322] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671986
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The Effects of Mortality on Fertility: Population Dynamics after a Natural Disaster
Nobles, Jenna; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014
Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population dynamics. The fertility … population-representative multilevel longitudinal data, a behavioral fertility response to mortality exposure is identified, both … response to an unanticipated mortality shock is investigated that resulted from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945407
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170185
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India’s Population: Past, Present and Future
Dyson, Tim - eSocialSciences - 2009
year 2026. In case of mortality, despite major health problems, the average life expectancy will continue to rise during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980027
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The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines
Newton, Paul N; Amin, Abdinasir A - eSocialSciences - 2012
Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems. Anti-infective medicines are particularly afflicted. Unfortunately, attempts to improve medicine quality have been hampered by confusion and controversy over definitions. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393988
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Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality in Rural Punjab A Community Based Case-Control Study
Joshi, Rohina - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study aimed at identifying social and biomedical risk factors attributable to perinatal and neonatal mortality (PN …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000244
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Women’s Economic Empowerment as the “Magic Potion†of Development?
Blumberg, Rae Lesser - eSocialSciences - 2008
Boosting women’s relative control of income and other economic resources has so many consequences that positively enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion.†[Paper presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696027
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Revisiting the ARI Programme of BRAC: How Well are We Doing?
Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Khan, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
The ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) control programme of BRAC has been in operation for the last few years. No independent evaluation has so far been conducted to explore how far the objectives of the programme have been achieved in terms of raising awareness among the health workers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321465
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Declining Child Sex Ratio: Addressing the Imperatives
Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2011
A discussion about the declining sex ratio in India is given. The various reasons for declining sex ratio are outlined.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321476
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Global Trends in AIDS Mortality
Bongaarts, John; Pelletier, François; Gerland, Patrick - eSocialSciences - 2010
of AIDS mortality indicators, including numbers of AIDS deaths, the proportion of all deaths that are due to AIDS, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642445