This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

We use data from the 1981 and 1991 censuses of India to examine (a) sex ratios among infants aged under 2, (b) child mortality (q5) by sex, and (c) estimated period sex ratios at birth (SRB) calculated by reverse survival methods, to see whether bias against female children pers

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.