Gender inequity and age-appropriate immunization coverage in India from 1992 to 2006
Open Access
- 14 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC International Health and Human Rights
- Vol. 9 (S1) , S3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-698x-9-s1-s3
Abstract
A variety of studies have considered the affects of India's son preference on gender differences in child mortality, sex ratio at birth, and access to health services. Less research has focused on the affects of son preference on gender inequities in immunization coverage and how this may have varied with time, and across regions and with sibling compositions. We present a systematic examination of trends in immunization coverage in India, with a focus on inequities in coverage by gender, birth order, year of birth, and state.Keywords
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