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- Bride Buying:Response to Bride Shortage in Rural Haryana
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1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 56, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 169-184Abstract
Shortage of brides is a consequence of lesser number of females in Haryana over a long stretch of time. If men don't choose to remain unmarried, those who don't get the wife locally buy brides from other states. The men who need to buy brides are typically rural, uneducated, less educated or unemployed. Sufferers of low sex ratio belong to lower socio-economic strata. In rural Haryana, extent of bride buying is reported in 3.18 per cent households, which amounts to a large number. Practice is widespread which continues for a long time. This study reports the cases even upto 45 years and extent of such marriages is growing over time. Average amount the bride's family receives is not very high, just about ` 40,000/-, out of which nothing goes to the bride. Cross border wives are not well accepted and respected in the community. They are treated with prejudice. In spite of it the practice persists and brides come from all over India. If decline in child sex ratio continues across the country, it will be hard for future generation men in Haryana to buy cross border brides.
- Correlates of Family Planning Acceptance : A Multivariate Analysis
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 34, No 2 (1992), Pagination: 163-181Abstract
The present paper intends to Indentify the correlates of family planning acceptance. The data collected during National Fertility and Mortality Survey, Maharashtra (1980) were used for the study. A multivariate generalised linear model has been adopted for the purpose. The unit of analysis is the individual woman. Variables such as caste, education, number of living sons, number of living children have been included in the analysis. The application of the model revealed that the existing number of children/son has a closer association with acceptance of contraception rather than the education or caste variables.- Fertility Differentials by Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Couples in Maharashtra, 1980
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 30, No 2 (1988), Pagination: 137-161Abstract
The First Report on Maharashtra Fertility and Mortality Survey 1980 (MFMS) has identified and described the social and demographic characteristics of couples by which their fertility differs.- Health and Development:An Introduction
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1 International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, IN
2 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 441104, IN
1 International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, IN
2 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 441104, IN
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 58, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 281-286Abstract
Good quality affordable health is crucial and central to human well-being and happiness. In general, healthy people live longer, are more productive, and contribute more to their households and society. India is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented health transition in recent decades. We are faced with the huge burden of infectious diseases, unsafe pregnancies, and malnourishment on one side and the growing incidences of non-communicable and costly-to-treat diseases on the other. Considerable disparities still persists between social groups and across the regions/states in India wherein the most disadvantaged sections reporting the worst health conditions. Added to this, another challenge is the widening gender disparities in health status and utilization of health services. Despite the considerable improvement over the decades in the provision of primary healthcare services to the rural and remotest areas of this vast nation, inequalities by socio-economic classes continue as an unfinished agenda. This may be attributed to a range of social, economic and political factors which determines the distribution and accessibility of healthcare. Efficient allocation of health resources across regions and communities is required to ensure the availability of basic healthcare services to all and needy.- Alice Clark, Valued Daughters:First Generation Career Women, Sage Publications India, 2016
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1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, IN
1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, IN
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 58, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 407-409Abstract
Combination of the author's interest in gender and culture makes this work interesting. It assumes relevance in the background of son preference. It is the outcome of the study conducted in Mumbai, Vadodara, Bengaluru and Allahabad to explore the aspirations of college going women aged 17 years through 25 years. It seeks to know whether they differ from the earlier generation and if yes, how.- Challenge of Under-Nutrition:Indian Scenario
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1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, BMCC Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, BMCC Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 59, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 139-151Abstract
Globally one in three mal-nourished children lives in India. The study focuses on the extent and proximate determinants of under-nutrition in India and seeks action strategies. For this, NFHS–3, nation-wide sample survey data of 56,428 children below five years is used. Three indices of physical growth quantify the nutritional status of children, i.e., stunting-chronic malnutrition, wasting- acute malnutrition and underweight-mix of two.
Extent of stunting, underweight and wasting is 48.3 per cent, 42.8 per cent and 20.1 per cent. About 7.2 per cent children under-five years suffer from all the three forms of under-nutrition at once. The risk of dying is at its highest for this group. A typical child with under-nutrition is a rural, poor, with low standard of living, Hindu, tribal with less educated mother.
In child under-nutrition, chronic under-nutrition is more prevalent. Under-nutrition can be inter-generational: if the mother is under-nourished, the child may also be under-nourished. Inadequate care during pregnancy results in low birth weight babies which is a proximate determinant for under-nutrition and childhood diseases. Maternal nutrition needs more attention.
Though supplementary nutrition is necessary, it is not sufficient. Better livelihood opportunities for parents and equitable healthcare for all is essential.
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- Assessment of Growth Monitoring and Promotion Programme of the Integrated Child Development Services in Maharashtra
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1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
2 Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 400088, IN
1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, IN
2 Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 400088, IN
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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 60, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 186-206Abstract
Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) Programme is primarily a preventive and promotive activity carved by ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) to capture inadequate growth early enough and take the required action before the child suffers undernutrition. This study explores its functioning in Maharashtra. Data is collected in rural, urban and tribal settings from three districts. It includes observations during 93 GMP sessions and interviews of 100 AWWs, 78 supervisors and 500 mothers. The study reveals unavailability of proper child weighing scales and sometimes sophisticated instruments with inadequately trained staff. None of the workers plots the growth charts then and there and children are weighed in chaotic conditions during the session, resulting in incorrect weights. Most mothers have neither seen the growth charts nor do they understand it. Effective interaction with mothers is lacking which defeats the Programme. ICDS should try to improve this well-thought programme.References
- IIPS (2013), Comprehensive Nutrition Survey in Maharashtra, IIPS, Mumbai
- UNICEF (2007), Revisiting Growth Monitoring and Its Evolution to Promoting Growth as a Strategic Program Approach: Building Consensus for Future Program Guidance, Report of a Technical Consultation, UNICEF, New York.
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