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WATERING THE NEIGHBOUR'S GARDEN: THE GROWING - CICRED

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SEX RATIO AT BIRTH AND EXCESS FEMALE CHILD MORTALITY IN INDIA…<br />

women vis-à-vis more intense prenatal discrimination of unborn girls<br />

among urban educated and economically better off` women. As<br />

Goodkind (1996) suggested, there is a possibility of substitution effect<br />

of rising prenatal discrimination of unborn girls reducing postnatal<br />

discrimination of girls among urban, educated and economically better<br />

off women.<br />

Table 6 Impact of development factors and birth interval on child mortality at<br />

ages 12-47 months for children born between 1982-88 by sex and region, NFHS-<br />

1 (odds ratios)<br />

Stratum of<br />

development<br />

variables and<br />

North<br />

Northcentral<br />

East West South<br />

birth interval F M F M F M F M F M<br />

Women’s education<br />

Illiterate<br />

Secondary and +<br />

1.69***<br />

1.01<br />

Index of living amenities<br />

None (0)<br />

All of them<br />

1.98**<br />

1.18<br />

Index of media exposure<br />

None (0)<br />

All of them<br />

1.94***<br />

1.17<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.61***<br />

1.09<br />

1.46***<br />

1.34<br />

1.60***<br />

1.44<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.26<br />

0.79<br />

1.28<br />

0.69<br />

1.23<br />

0.86<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.40<br />

1.08<br />

1.14<br />

2.81*<br />

1.33<br />

0.87<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

0.99<br />

0.42<br />

1.13<br />

0.96<br />

1.16<br />

0.82<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

1.00<br />

Preceding birth interval<br />

Up to 24 months 2.28*** 1.00 1.71*** 1.00 1.20 1.00 1.84* 1.00 1.02 1.00<br />

24+ months 1.24 1.00 1.78*** 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.23 1.00 1.45 1.00<br />

Notes: ***P

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