model, using data for India, a major developing country with poor health outcomes. In contrast to similar works undertaken …

Demographic Health Survey data for India (2005-2006). Results reveal that the proximate illiteracy effect is significant, though …

of National Family Health Survey data for India, we argue that reliance on such methods may be a transient phase in the …

is based on a survey conducted in six municipalities in West Bengal, India. …

a field study of 240 SHG members in six municipalities in West Bengal, a major state in India. …

third wave of the Demographic Health Survey data for India (2005-2006).The 34,108 currently married illiterate women for … representing whether the partner was literate, along with relevant control variables. The results of the All-India (Rural …+Urban) and All-India (Rural) models indicated that literacy of partners did lead to a significantly higher level of use of modern …

, poverty,, urbanization and education) on crime rates in India. State-level data is collected on the above variables for the …