The Associations between Member of Parliament Characteristics and Child Malnutrition and Mortality in Indiaopen access
- Authors
- Jain, Anoop; Kim, Rockli; Subramanian, S., V
- Issue Date
- 1-1월-2022
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- India; child malnutrition; child mortality; social determinants
- Citation
- HEALTH SYSTEMS & REFORM, v.8, no.1
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- HEALTH SYSTEMS & REFORM
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/140855
- DOI
- 10.1080/23288604.2022.2030291
- ISSN
- 2328-8604
- Abstract
- Child health outcomes vary between Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) in India. There are a total of 543 PCs in India, each of which is a geographical unit represented by a Member of Parliament (MP). MP characteristics, such as age, gender, education, the number of terms they have served, and whether they belong to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, might be associated with indicators of child malnutrition and child mortality. The purpose of this paper was to examine the associations between MP characteristics and measures of child malnutrition and mortality. We did not find any meaningful associations between MP characteristics and child anthropometry, anemia, and mortality. Future research should consider the size of a constituency served by an MP along with MP party affiliations as these factors might help explain between-PC variations in child health outcomes. Our findings also underscore the need to better support female MPs and MPs from marginalized caste and tribal groups.
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