Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia. The findings bear out the importance of...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Wheeler, David
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
CHILD HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL ANEMIA
CHILD WASTING
MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
NUTRITION
PREGNANCY
DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/825161553796198653/Accounting-for-Regional-Differences-in-Mother-and-Child-Health-Bangladesh-West-Bengal-Bihar-and-Jharkhand
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31493

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/825161553796198653/Accounting-for-Regional-Differences-in-Mother-and-Child-Health-Bangladesh-West-Bengal-Bihar-and-Jharkhand
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31493

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