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

This is an effort at explaining the reasons and rationale behind the rising mortality rate (CDR) in the South Indian …

can be explained in terms of reduction in child mortality due to the immunization program. Kumar (2009) finds that UIP has … a significant and negative eect on infant and under-five mortality. …

The present paper made an attempt to understand the impact schooling/education on the mortality rate in India, in a … developing country context. Present study aims at looking into differences in mortality rate by the status of completion of …

differences, the system of dowry in Pakistan appears to be for the same reasons as in India A theoretical framework was developed …The focus of this study is to estimate an equation explaining the determinants of dowry. In this paper, we address a … very common socio-economic problem for sub-continent, the problem of dowry. From a social planner's perspective, who wants …

differences, the system of dowry in Pakistan appears to be for the same reasons as in India A theoretical framework was developed …The focus of this study is to estimate an equation explaining the determinants of dowry. In this paper, we address a … very common socio-economic problem for sub-continent, the problem of dowry. From a social planner's perspective, who wants …

contractual liabilities of the spouses, the status of the children, some problems related to wealth and dowry, I tried to mark out …