Explaining the rural-urban gap in infant mortality in India

Nandita Saikia, Abhishek Singh, Domantas Jasilionis, Faujdar Ram

Demographic Research · 2013 · 68 citations · 76 references

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Prior studies suggest that infant mortality in rural areas of India is substantially higher than in urban areas. However, little is known about the determinants explaining such excess of rural mortality.

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