Modernization and sex differences in mortality in India
Subtitle: a new perspective
By: by Barbara J. Isely.
Contributors: Michigan State University. Office of Women in International Development.
Series: Working paper / Michigan State University, Office of Women in International Development,; #161; Working paper (Michigan State University. Office of Women in International Development) ;; #161.
Publisher: Office of Women in International Development, Michigan State University
Published: 1988
Place of publication: East Lansing, MI (202 International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1035)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Mortality -- India -- Sex differences.
Description: This study examines the effects of modernization on sex differences in mortality, challenging the usual blame put on traditional culture as the sole root cause of excess female mortality in India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-37).
"March 1988."