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1 Population, Gender and Health in India Methods, Processes and Policies Editors K.S. James Arvind Pandey Dhananjay W Bansod Lekha Subaiya ACADEMIC FOUNDATION NEW DELHI

2 Contents List of Tables and Figures 9 About the Editors/Contributors 23 Foreword 29 Preface Demographic Change, Gender and Health in India: Theory and Evidence K.S. JAMES 33 Section I: Demographic Processes and Methods 2. Population Research and Millennium Development Goals in India ARVIND PANDEY, R.M. MISHRA, NANDINI ROY AND K.M. SATHYANARAYANA T Demographic Techniques for Sub-National Estimation: A Preliminary Appraisal K. SRINIVASAN Modelling of Distribution of Age at Marriage: A Bayesian Approach H.K. SINGH, G.P. SINGH, R.D. SINGH, RAHUL AND O.P. SINGH Fertility Change in Uttar Pradesh: A Parity Progression Ratio Approach RAJAN KUMAR, K.K. SINGH AND BRIJESH P. SINGH 109

3 3 POPULATION, GENDER AND HEALTH IN INDIA 6. A Statistical Analysis of Unmet Need for Family Planning in Orissa RANJANA KAR, G.K. PANDA, PRABHAKER MISHRA AND T. SAHU Factors Affecting Postpartum Non-Susceptible Period in Orissa: A Multivariate Survival Analysis with Time Dependent Covariates DAMODAR SAHU, ARVIND PANDEY, B.K.GULATI AND NOMITA CHANDHIOK Measuring Bangladesh's Ageing Process: Past and Future M. NAZRUL ISLAM AND DILIP C. NATH Migration Situation in Northeast India R. LUSOME AND R.B. BHAGAT 167 Section II: Gender, Development and Health 10. Tracking India's Sex Ratio at Birth: Evidence of a Turnaround P.M. KULKARNI Ultrasound Sonography Centres and Child Sex Ratio across Maharashtra: A District Level Analysis R. NAGARAJAN AND S. MULAY Living Arrangement and Health Status of Widows in India RAIESH KUMAR RAI AND SAYEED UNISA Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Treatment Seeking Behaviour among MSM: A Study of MSM Community in Mumbai ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA AND A.K. SHARMA Son Preference and Contraceptive Use in Madhya Pradesh: Empirical Evidence from NFHS-III VANDANA GAUTAM 279

4 CONTENTS Health Consequences in the Setting of Partner Abuse in India: Revelations from NFHS-3 K.R. ANITHAKUMARI Increasing Caesarean Section Delivery in India: Concern for Women Health? SANCHEETA GHOSH AND K.S. JAMES The Effect of Adolescent Pregnancy on Poor Birth Outcomes: Does it Differ between Rural and Urban Areas? N. KAVITHA Prevalence of RTIs/STIs among Married Women and their Determinants in Rural and Urban Areas of Madhya Pradesh: An Analysis of DLHS-RCH-2 Data N. AUDINARAYANA HIV/AIDS Awareness among Karnataka Women: Analysis of RCH-II Data K.S. UMAMANI Sexual Behaviour of Adolescent Unmarried Munda Girls Migrated for Work in Unorganised Sector RUBY ALAMBUSHA AND SULABHA PARASURAMAN 391 Section III: Health Care Programme, Participation and Evaluation 21. A Strategy for Scaling Up HIV Services: Experiences from Karnataka in South India REYNOLD WASHINGTON, J. KRISHNAMURTHY, K.H. PRAKASH, MRUNAL SHETYE, B.M. RAMESH, STEPHEN MOSES AND JAMES BLANCHARD Socio-Economic Inequalities in Utilisation of Delivery Care Services in India PRAVEEN KUMAR PATHAK, S.K. MOHANTY, RAVI PRAKASH AND ARCHANA KUJUR 447

5 8 POPULATION, GENDER AND HEALTH IN INDIA 23. Public-Private Differential in Health Care and Health Care Cost in India: The Case of In-patients HOLENDRO SINGH AND JITEN KUMAR SINGH A Multi Method Assessment of Anaemia and Response to Iron Supplementation among Women in West Bengal, India SAYEED UNISA, TARUN KUMAR ROY, SUJATA GANGULY AND ANAEMIA STUDY GROUP Utilisation of Integrated Child Development Services in Southern India SAIINI B. NAIR, ANIL KUMAR K. AND K.R. ANITHAKUMARI National Rural Health Mission: Innovations from the State of Andhra Pradesh K. ANAND REDDY Perceived Risk and Behaviour Among Youth: A Comparative Study of High and Low HIV Prevalent States in India DHANANJAY W. BANSOD Do People Approve Teaching Family Life Education Topics in Schools in India? T.N. BHAT Effect of Household Environment upon Respiratory Health of Children in India: A Regional Study Based on NFHS-III ANGAN SENGUPTA A Critical Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour About HIV/AIDS in India T.S. SANAL 583

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