Table of Contents
The Extent and Causes of Female Disadvantage in Mortality: An OverviewCH. I.Differential Mortality by Sex from Birth to Adolescence: The Historical Experience of the West (1750 1930) /Dominique Tabutin and Michel WillemsCH. II.Factors Determining the Sex Ratio at Birth /Ingrid WaldronCH. III.Sex Differences in Infant and Early Childhood Mortality: Major Causes of Death and Possible Biological Causes /Ingrid WaldronCH. IV.Levels and Trends of Sex Differentials in Infant, Child and Under Five Mortality /United Nations SecretariatCH. V.Malnutrition, Morbidity and Child Mortality in Developing Countries /David PelletierCH. VI.Sex Differentials in the Nutritional Status of Young Children /A. Elisabeth Sommerfelt and Fred ArnoldCH. VII.Can Use of Health Care Explain Sex Differentials in Child Mortality in the Developing World? /Ian Timaeus, Katie Harris and Francesca FairbairnCH. VIII.The Effect of Maternal Education on Child Health and Survival Do Girls Benefit? /John Cleland and Katie HarrisCH. IX.Son Preference, Family Building Process and Child Mortality /Minja Kim Choe, Ian Diamond and Fiona Alison SteeleCH. X.Intra Household Allocation of Resources: Is There a Gender Bias? /Jere R. Behrman.