Volume 30 - Article 67 | Pages 1825–1848 
Gender differentials in the timing of measles vaccination in rural India
Date received: | 08 Jul 2013 |
Date published: | 11 Jun 2014 |
Word count: | 3433 |
Keywords: | age appropriateness, gender, India, Measles vaccination |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.67 |
Additional files: | readme.30-67 (text file, 1 kB) |
demographic-research.30-67 (do file, 25 kB) | |
Abstract
Background: Measles is a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable disease. Gender differences in measles vaccination outcomes have been widely reported in India.
Objective: An overlooked factor is whether female children are less likely to be vaccinated age-appropriately.
Methods: In this paper we use data from the nationally representative 2008 District Level Household Survey (DLHS) to analyse if there are any gender differences in the propensity to vaccinate a child for measles, and, among the vaccinated sample, whether there are any gender differences in the probability of age-appropriate measles vaccination.
Results: Our analysis confirms that girls have both a significantly lower probability of being vaccinated and of being vaccinated age-appropriately.
Author's Affiliation
Anu Rammohan - University of Western Australia, Australia
Niyi Awofeso - University of Western Australia, Australia
Kazi Iqbal - Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Burkina Faso
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