Geoffrey McNicoll, Roger Jeffery, Alaka Malwade Basu
Schooling as Contraception? - Roger Jeffery and Alaka M Basu Girls' Schooling, Autonomy and Fertility Change - Alaka M Basu What Do These Words Mean in South Asia? Maternal Schooling and Fertility - John Cleland and Shireen Jejeebhoy Evidence from Censuses and Surveys Educational Attainment, Status ...
Singh, Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Vlassoff et al.
Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Michael Vlassoff, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan, Meghan Ingerick, The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures and Abortion in Bangladesh, 2014, International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2017), pp. 1-11
Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan et al.
CONTEXT: Bangladesh is unique in including menstrual regulation (MR) services as part of the government family planning program, despite having a highly restrictive abortion law. The only national estimates of MR and abortion incidence are from a 1995 study, and updated information is needed to info...
Michael Vlassoff, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Susheela Singh et al.
n In 20 10, an estimated 653,000 menstrual regulation (MR) procedures were performed in Bangladesh. In addition, there were 647,000 induced abortions, the large majority unsafe. n About 1 2% of MR clients—or 78,000 women—were treated for complications, a rate many times higher than expected if manua...
Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Meghan Ingerick, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan et al.
Ramesh Kanbargi
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW - Ramesh Kanbargi PART TWO: CHILD LABOUR ON THE INDIA SUB-CONTINENT - ITS EXTENT AND ITS DETERMINANTS Participation of Children in Economic Activity - Muralidhar Vemuri and U V K V Sastry A Regional Analysis of Rural India Demographic and Social Dimensions of Chil...
Sadia Saeed
Son preference exists almost exclusively in South Asia (Bairagi & Langsten, 1986). Ahmed (1971), Arnold (1997), and Vlassoff (1990), report a higher ratio of preference for sons over daughters in most Asian countries. Scholars have observed this preference in India through sex-selective abortions th...
Susheela Singh, Sandra G. García, Agnès Guillaume, Friday Okonofua et al.
Unsafe abortion continues to be an important factor affecting women's reproductive lives and survival in the developing world, where 98% of all unsafe abortions occur [1]. It has not declined in recent years, continuing at an annual rate of 16 per 1000 women of reproductive age in the developing wor...
Carol Vlassoff
413 The editorial entitled, The Indian health paradox: Lessons from Bangladesh, highlights an apparent contradiction in India’s growth story: That improvement in the nation’s health has not been commensurate with its economic growth. It notes that, while India is faring well in gross domestic produc...
Carol Vlassoff, Barkat‐e‐Khuda
The collection of papers in this volume focuses on the impact of rural development policies and projects on demographic behavior in 7 countries in Asia and Latin America. The methodologies include both quantitative surveys and in-depth microlevel observation of rural communities. The Philippines stu...