Description: A Closer Look at Child Mortality among Adivasis in India

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A Closer Look at Child Mortality among Adivasis in India

The authors use data from the National Family Health Survey 2005 to present age-specific patterns of child mortality among India's tribal (Adivasi) population. The analysis shows three clear findings. First, a disproportionately high number of...

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Main Authors:	Das, Maitreyi Bordia, Kapoor, Soumya, Nikitin, Denis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE-GROUP AGGRESSIVE ALCOHOL ANTE-NATAL CARE ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE AGE AT MARRIAGE BABIES BIRTH COHORT BIRTH SPACING BREAST FEEDING BULLETIN CARE FOR CHILDREN CHILD BEARING CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDCARE CONTRACEPTION CULTURAL PRACTICES DECLINES IN MORTALITY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIGNITY DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATED WOMEN EMERGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC GROUPS EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FIRST PREGNANCY FOOD INTAKE FOOD SECURITY FOREST COVER FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER RELATIONS GROWTH MONITORING HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIGH CHILD MORTALITY HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIORS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE ILLNESS IMMIGRANTS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IMPACT ON CHILDREN INCIDENCE OF MORTALITY INCREASE IN MORTALITY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INFECTION INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERVENTION KIDS KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LACK OF CAPACITY LEVELS OF CHILD MORTALITY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF MORTALITY LIFESTYLES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOWER FERTILITY MALNUTRITION MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MEASLES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL TREATMENT MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES MORALITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS MORTALITY LEVELS MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL RESOURCES NEONATAL HEALTH NEONATAL MORTALITY NUMBER OF DEATHS NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PATIENTS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLIO POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION STUDIES PRACTITIONERS PRE-NATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGNOSIS PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH RADIO REFERRAL SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESPECT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SEX RATIOS SIGNIFICANT POLICY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATE GOVERNMENTS STUNTING TELEVISION TETANUS TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT OF DIARRHOEA TREATMENT OF ILLNESS TRIBAL POPULATIONS TV UNDER FIVE MORTALITY UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN URBAN AREAS USE OF CIGARETTES VACCINATION VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES VACCINES VULNERABLE GROUPS WASTING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG WOMEN
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Summary:	The authors use data from the National Family Health Survey 2005 to present age-specific patterns of child mortality among India's tribal (Adivasi) population. The analysis shows three clear findings. First, a disproportionately high number of child deaths are concentrated among Adivasis, especially in the 1-5 age group and in those states and districts where there is a high concentration of Adivasis. Any effort to reduce child morality in the aggregate will have to focus more squarely on lowering mortality among the Adivasis. Second, the gap in mortality between Adivasi children and the rest really appears after the age of one. In fact, before the age of one, tribal children face more or less similar odds of dying as other children. However, these odds significantly reverse later. This calls for a shift in attention from infant mortality or in general under-five mortality to factors that cause a wedge between tribal children and the rest between the ages of one and five. Third, the analysis goes contrary to the conventional narrative of poverty being the primary factor driving differences between mortality outcomes. Instead, the authors find that breaking down child mortality by age leads to a much more refined picture. Tribal status is significant even after controlling for wealth.