Gender based within-household inequality in immunization status of children: some evidence from South Asian countries

Ashish Singh

Economics Bulletin, 2015, vol. 35, issue 2, 911-923

Abstract: Using households with a pair of male-female siblings from DHS surveys, this paper estimates gender based within-household inequality in immunization status of children (aged 1-5 years) from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. I find substantial level of gender based within-household inequality in immunization status (with large inter-country variations) in the countries studied. Further, I estimate household fixed-effects models for immunization status and find significant difference between the immunization status of male and female children (with female children at a disadvantaged position) in India and Nepal.

Keywords: Gender; Within-household inequality; Immunization; Children; South Asian Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-04-09
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