Abstract Religion is one of the key instrumental social institutions in determining child health and mortality. Muslim advantage survival India has been widely reported. Recent India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS) shows that gap between Hindu–Muslim childhood mortality rates shrinking—reversing decades for Muslims. This study examines factors linked to diminishing attempts uncover mecha...

This paper proposes a new explanation for religious differences in fertility in India by incorporating the issue of gender bias into the debate. It reports the results from an econometric investigation of the factors influencing the sex ratio at birth and among currently living children, by religion and by caste, for a sample of over 10,000 women in India. The investigation paid particular atte...

The article reports data from a study investigating the religious identity formation of young people in mixed-faith families. This involved parents Christian, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim backgrounds, with spouse these four faiths. One ‘Muslim–non-Muslim’ families is considered here as case to shed light on social dimensions pertaining both children. parent has Muslim, other Christian background. ex...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The prevalence of religious faith among doctors and its relationship with decision-making in end-of-life care is not well documented. The impact of ethnic differences on this is also poorly understood. This study compares ethnicity and religious faith in the medical and general UK populations, and reports on their associations with ethically controversial decisions taken whe...

Bali has been a model of unique multicultural life, including inter-religious harmony. This study aimed to describe the social interaction Muslim-Hindu in Kampung Loloan, Jembrana Bali. The type was qualitative research, where research data obtained through literature review, observation, and interviews with Balinese cultural observers community leaders Loloan. results showed that from Dutch co...

This article shows how the burgeoning Hindu festivals in small town West Bengal – Hooghly and Nadia can be understood as a dynamic interplay of political patronage, play rivalry revelry, finally piety. The argues that strategic implementation competitive Hindutva (Hindu nationalism), concept utsab instead puja is employed by leadership to appease majority while ostensibly signalling towards Hin...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have reported low uptake of cancer screening programmes by South Asian populations in the UK. However, studies to date have not adjusted findings for differences in demographics and socio-economic status of these populations. METHODS SUBJECTS All residents in Coventry and Warwickshire, UK, eligible for screening. Uptakes compared for round 1 (2000-02) and rou...