Session 26:
Gender and Child Health Outcomes in Developing Countries
Chair: Padma Karunaratne, World Bank Group
Discussant: Thomas LeGrand, Université de Montréal
Gender Inequality in Child Care in India: Is It Narrowing Down? Ravendra K. Sharma, Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals (ICMR) ; Manju Rani, Government Degree College, Chhaprauli ; Sandeep Sharma, Indian Agriculture Research Institute
Aren’t You Glad Your Ma Went to School? The Linkages between Maternal Education and Childhood Immunization Kriti Vikram, University of Maryland ; Sonalde B. Desai, University of Maryland ; Reeve Vanneman, University of Maryland
Access to Water as a Determinant of Women’s Work and Child Outcomes Gayatri Koolwal, World Bank Group ; Dominique van de Walle, World Bank Group
Context or Women’s Religious Disempowerment: Explaining Muslim and Non-Muslim Differences in Child Health Outcomes in India Sangeeta Parashar, Montclair State University ; Tannistha Samanta, University of Maryland
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