This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1 …-2 years of age, with a view to studying two aspects of the neglect of children: their likelihood of being immunised against … disease and their likelihood of receiving a nutritious diet. The starting hypothesis, consistent with an universal interest in …

survivals to women and the chances of children being enrolled at school and, if enrolled, of continuing in school. The … school enrolment. Parental occupation matters for both infant survivals and schooling: children born to women who work as … labourers are disadvantaged, relative to other children, in terms of their chances both of surviving infancy and, if they do …

The “social gradient to health” - whereby people belonging to groups higher up the social ladder had better health … investigation into whether, in developing countries also, people’s state of health is dependent on their social status. The purpose … of this paper is to evaluate the relative strengths of economic and social status in determining the health status of …