American Sociological Review · 1993 · 316 citations · 5 references
Social SciencesAgricultural EconomicsDemographyDevelopment EconomicsKinship StudiesSocial DemographyChild MortalityFamily EconomicsIndian StudiesInfant MortalityKinship TheoryRural MortalityChild Mortality EpidemiologyGender Differences In MortalityGender In IndiaHousehold Mortality PatternsRegional Mortality DifferentialsSex Differentials In HealthSex Structure Of MortalitySocioeconomic Mortality Differentials
Using cross-sectional data from more than 350 districts in India in 1981 I test whether female labor force participation and kinship structures explain gender differences in the mortality of children ages 0 to 5. The relationship of mortality differentials to economic development socioeconomic stratification rice cultivation and region is also examined. Results suggest that kinship structures and female labor force participation are important factors in gender differences in child mortality and these factors reinforce each other to produce especially high sex differentials in mortality....Gender differences in child mortality between the North and South regions of India remain unexplained. (EXCERPT)
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