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Intro; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Health Outcomes and Policy in India; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Out-of-Pocket Health Expenses; 1.3 Publicly Financed Health Care; 1.4 Regulating Private Medicine; 1.5 Health Workers in India; 1.6 The Way Forward; 1.7 The Plan of This Book; References; 2 Sanitation and Hygiene; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A Preliminary Look at the Data; 2.3 Specifying the Demand for Toilets Equation; The Method of Recycled Predictions; 2.4 Measuring the Development Demonstration Effect; 2.5 Analysing Differences Within Less and More Developed Villages.
2.6 Post-Defecation Hand Washing2.7 Conclusions; References; 3 India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Programme; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Benefits Under the ICDS; 3.3 Estimating the Strength of Factors Influencing the Utilisation of Anganwadi Services; 3.4 An Analytical Model for Decomposing the Probabilities of Utilising Anganwadi Services; Some Methodological Qualifications; 3.5 Decomposition Results; 3.6 The Link Between the Quality of Anganwadi Services and Their Utilisation; Universal Utilisation of ICDS; 3.7 Conclusions; References; 4 Child Malnutrition; 4.1 Introduction.
4.2 A Preliminary Look at the DataMeasuring Inequality in the Inter-Group Distribution of Underweight and Stunted Children; 4.3 Econometric Analysis: Specifying the Low Weight and Stunting Equation; 4.4 Estimation Results; Malnutrition of Children from "Elite" Households; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 The Health of Elderly Persons; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Data; 5.3 Self-Rated Health Status; 5.4 Self-Rated Health, Social Experience and Observed Health Status; 5.5 The Ailments of Elderly Persons; 5.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; References; 6 Deaths in the Family; 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Health Data from the National Sample Survey for India6.3 The Age at Death in Households; 6.4 Infant and Child Deaths; 6.5 The Data for Infant and Child Deaths; 6.6 Estimation of the Infant and Child Mortality Equations; 6.7 Gender Bias in Infant and Child Deaths; 6.8 Conclusions; References; 7 Inequality and Well-Being; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Equity-Sensitive Achievements; A Diagrammatic Analysis; 7.3 A Formal Analysis of Equity-Sensitive Indicators; The Welfare Effects of Redistribution; 7.4 The Equity-Sensitive Human Development Index: Theory.
The Decomposition of the Human Development Index7.5 The Human Development Index: Practicalities; 7.6 Data and Analysis: The Component Indices; Aggregation Over Social Groups; 7.7 Explaining Intra-Household Variation in Performance Indices; 7.8 Conclusions; References; 8 Summary and Conclusions; References; Index.
2.6 Post-Defecation Hand Washing2.7 Conclusions; References; 3 India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Programme; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Benefits Under the ICDS; 3.3 Estimating the Strength of Factors Influencing the Utilisation of Anganwadi Services; 3.4 An Analytical Model for Decomposing the Probabilities of Utilising Anganwadi Services; Some Methodological Qualifications; 3.5 Decomposition Results; 3.6 The Link Between the Quality of Anganwadi Services and Their Utilisation; Universal Utilisation of ICDS; 3.7 Conclusions; References; 4 Child Malnutrition; 4.1 Introduction.
4.2 A Preliminary Look at the DataMeasuring Inequality in the Inter-Group Distribution of Underweight and Stunted Children; 4.3 Econometric Analysis: Specifying the Low Weight and Stunting Equation; 4.4 Estimation Results; Malnutrition of Children from "Elite" Households; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 The Health of Elderly Persons; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Data; 5.3 Self-Rated Health Status; 5.4 Self-Rated Health, Social Experience and Observed Health Status; 5.5 The Ailments of Elderly Persons; 5.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; References; 6 Deaths in the Family; 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Health Data from the National Sample Survey for India6.3 The Age at Death in Households; 6.4 Infant and Child Deaths; 6.5 The Data for Infant and Child Deaths; 6.6 Estimation of the Infant and Child Mortality Equations; 6.7 Gender Bias in Infant and Child Deaths; 6.8 Conclusions; References; 7 Inequality and Well-Being; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Equity-Sensitive Achievements; A Diagrammatic Analysis; 7.3 A Formal Analysis of Equity-Sensitive Indicators; The Welfare Effects of Redistribution; 7.4 The Equity-Sensitive Human Development Index: Theory.
The Decomposition of the Human Development Index7.5 The Human Development Index: Practicalities; 7.6 Data and Analysis: The Component Indices; Aggregation Over Social Groups; 7.7 Explaining Intra-Household Variation in Performance Indices; 7.8 Conclusions; References; 8 Summary and Conclusions; References; Index.