Effect of caste on health, independent of economic disparity: evidence from school children of two rural districts of India

Caste, a stratifying axis of the Indian society, is associated with wealth and health. However, to what extent caste‐based health inequality is explained by wealth disparities, is not clear. Therefore, we aimed to examine the caste‐based differences in anaemia (haemoglobin

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sociology of health & illness 2020-07, Vol.42 (6), p.1259-1276
Hauptverfasser:	Dutta, Ambarish, Mohapatra, Mrinal Kar, Rath, Mrunalini, Rout, Sarit Kumar, Kadam, Shridhar, Nallalla, Srinivas, Balagopalan, Kavitha, Tiwari, Divya, Yunus, Shariqua, Behera, Binod Kumar, Patro, Binod Kumar, Mangaraj, Manaswini, Sahu, Suchanda, Paithankar, Pradnya
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Absenteeism anaemia Anemia Caste Children Health disparities health inequalities Hemoglobin Illnesses Income inequality India multilevel modelling Risk factors school absenteeism Socioeconomic factors Students Truancy Wealth
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Zusammenfassung:	Caste, a stratifying axis of the Indian society, is associated with wealth and health. However, to what extent caste‐based health inequality is explained by wealth disparities, is not clear. Therefore, we aimed to examine the caste‐based differences in anaemia (haemoglobin
ISSN:	0141-9889 1467-9566
DOI:	10.1111/1467-9566.13105