HEALTH STATUS OF INDIAN WOMEN

Relative Health of Women in Indian Cities

Checking the Health Status of Women in Menopause

Status of women and family planning: the Indian case.

This article examines the extent to which the status of women is related to awareness, knowledge, and practice of family planning in India. It uses both macro-level data for the states of India and date from household surveys and field studies to assess the extent of interaction between the women's status indicators and family planning indicators. Results show a definite statistical relations...

Health Status and Access to Health Services in Indian Slums

This paper analyzes the state of health and access to health services among the urban poor in India. Analysis is based on data from a primary survey conducted among 2000 households, covering 10,929 individuals from four cities of India. Summary statistics and regressions (using STATA) are used for data analysis. Results show lack of government facilities and services, a very high preference for...

Health Status of Tribal Women in India

The paper discusses the health status of the tribal women in relation to sex ratio, age at marriage, fertility, mortality, life expectancy, nutritional status, maternal and child health care practices, sexually transmitted diseases, genetic disorders, etc. the health status of tribal women is found to be lower than that of the Indian women in general on most of these aspects. Gaps in knowledge ...