experiences of young people with disabilities. What are their prospects in a time of optimism for Indian youth? [RECOUP WP] …

Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and … adolescents ages 2-19 between 1941 and 2004. Results: The increase in BMIZ values during the period considered was 1.3σ (95% CI: 1 …

The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for …

adolescents in an Indian village school. Results confirm the well known importance of household sanitation. In addition, the …In developing countries, including India, diarrhoea is a leading killer throughout the age pyramid. However, most of … the medical literature on the determinants of diarrhoea focuses only on young children or the elderly, with health policy …

Gives an overall view about the literacy rates of youth and adolescents in India. …

and married women) and children labour force participation, unpaid work in the household and school attendance, and …

rural north India to understand the tradeoffs between time spent in school, time spent at work, time spent on home study and …This study examines time use data for 1244 children in the age-group 6-12 years in 274 villages in eight states in …

children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and … partners, that scarcity and dispossession afflict the poorest and most marginalized children and families disproportionately …