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100			_aMishra, Srijit
245			_aSecluded and proximate illiterates among couples: implications for health of women and children
260			_c2004
300			_ap.745-49.
362			_a14 Feb
520			_aThis paper uses NFHS-2 (1998-99) data to explore certain linkages between literacy status of a couple (husband and wife) with outcomes like household standard of living index (SLI) and others having implications on women and child health. An attempt has also been made to link the proximate criterion in literacy in the couple domain with outcome variables such as SLI, instances of sickness among women from specific diseases as asthma, TB, malaria and jaundice; linkages with indicators like under-nutrition in women have also been analysed. The exercise affirms the advantage of proximate illiteracy over the secluded illiterate in terms of outcome measures of women and child health as well as household SLI. On the other hand, while patterns are not distinct in terms of a comparison between proximate female illiterate and proximate male literate, indications point to the latter doing comparatively better. - Reproduced.
650			_aChildren
650			_aIlliterates
700			_aMishra, Udaya Shankar
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a59591
999			_c59591 _d59591