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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
'Stock estimates' of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it is among children in India and China, and is larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226886
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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
'Stock estimates' of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it is among children in India and China, and is larger in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471193
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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379718
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia : The Gender Factor
Teshome-Bahiru, Wondwosen - 2008
The most affected part of the world by HIV/AIDS is Sub-Sahara Africa where two-thirds of all people with HIV/AIDS are … living. Ethiopia, as one of the Sub-Saharan countries, is one of the most severely afflicted countries by HIV/AIDS in the … world. In Ethiopia, HIV/AIDS is more wide spread in towns and cities than rural areas and most of the patients are women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772442
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Socioeconomic determinants of use of HIV testing services among Gender Based Violence (GBV) Survivors in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
Muperere, Sibusisiwe B.; Makochekanwa, Albert; Moyo, Stanzia - In: Tanzania economic review : TER 11 (2021) 2, pp. 143-158
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Intra-household bargaining power and HIV prevention : empirical evidence from married couples in rural Malawi
Gerritzen, Berit C. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437024
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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
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Empowering youth : the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy in Ecuador
Aguirre, Kamila; Carrión-Yaguana, Vanessa D. - 2023
This paper analyses the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy rates in Ecuador, specifically examining its implementation in schools. The inclusion of sex education as a mandatory cross-cutting theme in the updated and strengthened educational curriculum of 2010 provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014336373
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Economic Growth and Health Inequality : The Perspective of Gender
Krishnamoorthy, Prakash - 2020
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Excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness among status Indians in Canada
Akee, Randall; Feir, Donna - 2016
In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594689