Women's Autonomy and Child Survival: A Comparison of Muslims and Non-Muslims in Four Asian Countries

In this article, I evaluate the hypothesis that higher infant and child mortality among Muslim populations is related to the lower autonomy of Muslim women using data from 15 pairs of Muslim and non-Muslim communities in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Women's autonomy in variou...

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Published in:Demography 2003-08, Vol.40 (3), p.419-436
Main Author: Ghuman, Sharon J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia
Autonomy
Birth control
Buddhism
Child
Child Mortality
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Communities
Community
Decision Making
Demographics
Demography
Employment
Equality restrictions
Families & family life
Family planning
Female
Female fertility
Fertility
Freedom of movement
Humans
Hypotheses
India
India - epidemiology
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infants
Inheritances
Islam
Malaysia
Malaysia - epidemiology
Marriage - ethnology
Mortality
Mortality Rates
Muslim communities
Muslims
Personal Autonomy
Philippines
Philippines - epidemiology
Power
Quran
Religion
Social research
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Spouse Abuse - ethnology
Studies
Survival
Survival Analysis
Thailand
Thailand - epidemiology
Women
Women's Rights - statistics & numerical data
Women, Working - statistics & numerical data
Womens rights
Womens Roles
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Summary:In this article, I evaluate the hypothesis that higher infant and child mortality among Muslim populations is related to the lower autonomy of Muslim women using data from 15 pairs of Muslim and non-Muslim communities in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Women's autonomy in various spheres is not consistently lower in Muslim than in non-Muslim settings. Both across and within communities, the association between women's autonomy and mortality is weak, and measures of autonomy or socioeconomic status are generally of limited import for understanding the Muslim disadvantage in children's survival.
ISSN:0070-3370
1533-7790
DOI:10.1353/dem.2003.0021