Nutrition, health and mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa: Is there a gender bias?
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- 1 August 1996
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- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Development Studies
- Vol. 32 (6) , 913-932
Abstract
Anthropometric, mortality, and population data presented by Svedberg [1990] in this journal suggested a slight anti‐male bias in undernutrition in sub‐Saharan Africa. This article re‐analyses some of the same anthropometric, mortality, and population data and supplements them with more recent findings. In contrast to Svedberg's results, it finds evidence of a slight and rising anti‐female bias in sub‐Saharan Africa, which is particularly apparent in mortality and population indicators.Keywords
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