Mind the gap: temporal trends in inequalities in infant and child mortality in India (1992–2016)

Bhatia, Mrigesh ORCID: 0000-0001-9366-142X, Ranjan, M., Dixit, P. and Dwivedi, L.K. (2018) Mind the gap: temporal trends in inequalities in infant and child mortality in India (1992–2016). SSM - Population Health, 5. 201 - 209. ISSN 2352-8273

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Abstract

- Temporal trends in inequalities in infant and child mortality over two and half decades in India. - Relative change in inequalities in child mortality over survey periods. - Scatter plots to identify states with largest inequalities among wealth index groups. - Concentration Index by various background characteristics. - Decomposition analysis identifying the factors contributing in inequality in infant mortality between richest and poorest groups. - Gap between the poorest and richest groups has narrowed in most states in India in recent years.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ssm-populati...
Additional Information:	© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Divisions:	Health Policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Date Deposited:	14 May 2018 11:23
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2024 21:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/87913

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