Sibling composition and child immunization in India and Pakistan,1990-2007

作     者：Prashant Kumar Singh Sulabha Parsuraman 

作者机构：International Institute for Population Sciences(IIPS)Govandi Station RoadDeonarMumbai 400088India Department of Population Policies and ProgrammesInternational Institute for Population Sciences(IIPS)Govandi Station RoadDeonarMumbai 400088India 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第10卷第2期

页      面：145-150页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 

主　　题：gender immunization India Pakistan sibling composition 

摘      要：Background:This study aimed to assess trends in gender differentials in child immunization beyond the conventional male-female dichotomy,by considering gender,surviving siblings,birth order and different compositions of older siblings in tandem,during 1990-2007 in India and ***:Using different rounds of Demographic and Health Survey datasets,we adopted the World Health Organization guidelines for appraising full immunization among *** composition of surviving older siblings was ***-Armitage and the Chisquare tests were used to test linear and nonlinear trends,***:Although child immunization has increased during the period of 1990-2007 in both India and Pakistan,results showed that more than 50%of the eligible children did not receive the recommended *** results also showed that boys and girls with no older surviving siblings and those with only surviving siblings of the opposite sex appeared to have fully immunized proportionally compared with the children with other sibling ***:The findings confirmed that girls and boys were not always treated equally,and that there was a clear pattern of selective neglect in child immunization in both countries during the period of 1990-2007.