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Explaining Cross-Region Disparities in Childhood Stunting in India
In the present study, we have tried to explore the drivers of the large disparities in childhood stunting (height-for-age Z scores distributions) among different regions of India. We compared the regions with ...
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Open AccessDeciphering disparities in childhood stunting in an underdeveloped state of India: an investigation applying the unconditional quantile regression method
Unacceptably high rate of childhood stunting for decades remained a puzzle in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Despite various programmatic interventions, nearly half of the under-five children (numerically ...
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Religion, Contraceptive Method Mix and Son Preference among Bengali-Speaking Community in Indian Subcontinent: A Long View
The fact that and possess a common political and social history, and to a large extent, a joint study of the two regions to understand would be an interesting attempt. Comparative studies of the two ...
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The Tale of Greater Bengal: People, Polity and Progress
Eastern India is a historically significant centre of India, the birthplace of numerous and a locus of influence that has shaped the history of the entire region of Asia. It is unique in its identity due to ...
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Son Preference and Hindu–Muslim Fertility Differentials in ‘Ultra-low’ Fertility Context in Kolkata, India
among Hindus and Muslims, in the context of ‘ultra-low’ , is highly debated with respect to and contraceptive use differentials by . This paper reveals that for the Hindus, remains masked and co-opted...
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Religion, Contraceptive Method Mix, and Son Preference Among Bengali-Speaking Community of Indian Subcontinent
This paper examines the influence of religion on contraceptive method mix in the context of son preference among Bengali-speaking population of eastern India (i.e., West Bengal and Tripura) and Bangladesh. In ...
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Determinants of Skilled Delivery Assistance in a Rural Population: Findings from an HDSS Site of Rural West Bengal, India
This study examines the determinants of utilisation of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) amongst 2886 rural women in the state of West Bengal, India, using data from a survey of 2012–2013 conducted by the Birbhu...
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Coherently induced shifting of group index across the triple atomic transition lines in Double-N-type system
The group index and its corresponding absorption of a propagating probe pulse across three atomic transition lines is theoretically presented for a Double-N-type non-EIT scheme. We have shown that, group index on...
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Effects of spontaneous decay on absorptive lineshape in closely spaced transitions of an open four level system
A semi classical treatment of atom field interaction is adopted under Doppler free condition, for an open four level system with three closely spaced upper levels. The field induced polarization in closed anal...
