Session 153:
Less Explored Factors Underlying Child Health and Survival
Chair: Monica Das Gupta, World Bank Group
Discussant: Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University
Does Race Matter? Children's Height in Brazil and South Africa Sarah A. Burgard, University of California, Los Angeles
Childhood Mortality and Morbidity: A Case of Rural, Urban and Urban Slum Saswata Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Subrato K. Mondal, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
Cross-Cultural Variation in Family Influences on Child Health Tim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University ; Renata Forste, Brigham Young University ; John P. Hoffmann, Brigham Young University
A Tale of Two Continents: Explanations for Death Clustering in India and Africa Nyovani Madise, University of Southampton ; Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton ; Alison Whitworth, Office for National Statistics, UK
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