Why Are Adult Women Missing? Son Preference and Maternal Survival in India

This paper is the first to show that excess mortality among adult women can be partly explained by strong preference for male children, the same cultural norm widely known to cause excess mortality before birth or at young ages. Using pooled indivi...

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Main Author:	Milazzo, Annamaria
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENCE ADULT MORTALITY ADULT WOMEN ADULTHOOD ADVERSE HEALTH AGE DISTRIBUTION AMNIOCENTESIS ANTENATAL CARE BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BIRTH ORDER BIRTH SPACING BREASTFEEDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLOSELY SPACED PREGNANCIES COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE COMPLICATIONS CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVES DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY DETECTION EDUCATED WOMEN EITHER SEX EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY SIZE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALE POPULATION FEMALE STERILIZATION FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS FIRST CHILD FIRST MARRIAGE FIRST PREGNANCY FORMS OF VIOLENCE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENTIAL GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER PREFERENCES GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH STATUS HIV HIV/AIDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBAND HUSBANDS IDEAL FAMILY SIZE ILLEGAL ABORTION ILLEGAL ABORTIONS ILLNESS INFANT INFECTIONS INFERTILITY INFORMATION ON WOMEN INJURIES INJURY IRON STORES JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE OF CONTRACEPTION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIFETIME RISK LIFETIME RISK OF DEATH LIVE BIRTHS MALARIA MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS MATERNAL NUTRITION MEAT MEDICAL BULLETIN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MISCARRIAGE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY NEWBORN NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITIONAL NEEDS NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS NUTRITIOUS FOOD OBSTETRIC FISTULA OBSTETRICS OLDER AGE GROUPS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER WOMEN OVERWEIGHT PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POOR NUTRITION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRENATAL DIAGNOSTICS PROGRESS PSYCHOSES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RHYTHM METHOD RISK OF DEATH RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SECOND BIRTH SEVERE VIOLENCE SEX SEX OF THE CHILD SEX OF THE FETUS SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX SELECTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SPACING BETWEEN BIRTHS SPOUSAL VIOLENCE SPOUSE STATUS OF WOMEN STERILIZATION SUICIDE TELEVISION TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNICEF UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNSAFE ABORTION UNSAFE ABORTIONS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN WITH EDUCATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORLD POPULATION YOUNG AGES YOUNG GIRLS YOUNGER WOMEN
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Why Are Adult Women Missing? Son Preference and Maternal Survival in India

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