Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.
Contents:
Intra Household Allocation of Resources: Is There a Gender Bias? / CH. X. Differential Mortality by Sex from Birth to Adolescence: The Historical Experience of the West (1750 1930) / Jere R. Behrman. CH. II. Factors Determining the Sex Ratio at Birth / Ingrid Waldron CH. III. Sex Differences in Infant and Early Childhood Mortality: Major Causes of Death and Possible Biological Causes / Ingrid Waldron CH. IV. Levels and Trends of Sex Differentials in Infant, Child and Under Five Mortality / United Nations Secretariat CH. V. Malnutrition, Morbidity and Child Mortality in Developing Countries / David Pelletier CH. VI. Sex Differentials in the Nutritional Status of Young Children / A. Elisabeth Sommerfelt and Fred Arnold CH. VII. Can Use of Health Care Explain Sex Differentials in Child Mortality in the Developing World? / Ian Timaeus, Katie Harris and Francesca Fairbairn CH. VIII. The Effect of Maternal Education on Child Health and Survival Do Girls Benefit? / John Cleland and Katie Harris CH. IX. Son Preference, Family Building Process and Child Mortality / Minja Kim Choe, Ian Diamond and Fiona Alison Steele CH. X. Intra Household Allocation of Resources: Is There a Gender Bias? / Jere R. Behrman.
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