Saturday, May 3 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Directors Row 3

Session 153:
Less Explored Factors Underlying Child Health and Survival

Chair: Monica Das Gupta, World Bank Group
Discussant: Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University

  1. Does Race Matter? Children's Height in Brazil and South AfricaSarah A. Burgard, University of California, Los Angeles

  2. Childhood Mortality and Morbidity: A Case of Rural, Urban and Urban SlumSaswata Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Subrato K. Mondal, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India

  3. Cross-Cultural Variation in Family Influences on Child HealthTim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University ; Renata Forste, Brigham Young University ; John P. Hoffmann, Brigham Young University

  4. A Tale of Two Continents: Explanations for Death Clustering in India and AfricaNyovani Madise, University of Southampton ; Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton ; Alison Whitworth, Office for National Statistics, UK

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