Apart from others households’ needs like food, housing, marriage, debt-payment, etc., remittances... more Apart from others households’ needs like food, housing, marriage, debt-payment, etc., remittances can be considered as a significant booster for human capital formation in the Indian context. This study examines priorities for expenditures on health and education while utilizing remittances among different SES subgroups of remittance receiving households in India. This study is based on the data from National Sample Survey, 64th round, conducted during 2007-08. Using binary as well as multinomial logistic regression, this paper shows that factors such as place of residence, type of occupation, household size, religion, social groups, and economic strata affect the decision of giving top three preferences in utilizing remittances on health and education. Findings suggest that households belonging to the urban area or self-employed in agriculture or having large family size have less priority to health and high priority to education while utilizing remittances. Poor households first meet their health needs from remittances while richer households give priority to education. Between health and education, health covers the maximum priorities of the household in remittance utilization. Around one-fourth of the households, irrespective of their background characteristics, do not give priority to health or education.
This study analyses the temporal variations in the prevalence of infectious diseases and their re... more This study analyses the temporal variations in the prevalence of infectious diseases and their relationship with changing household environments in urban India using data from last three rounds of National Sample Survey on Morbidity and Health Care. The major infectious diseases are clubbed into three categories-water borne diseases (WBD), air borne diseases (ABD) and vector borne diseases (VBD). The prevalence of ABD is sharply rising followed by VBD in urban India during the last two decades. There are wide interstate variations in household amenities like modern cooking fuels, access to safe water, availability of flush toilet facility, underground drainage, etc., which have direct linkages with infectious diseases. Urban areas have growing trend of infectious diseases due to increasing pressure on available basic infrastructure. They need better living condition, improvement of domestic hygiene, cleaner environment and sanitation, and targeted public health interventions.
The well-being of the elderly population in India is of prime importance in the context of a weak... more The well-being of the elderly population in India is of prime importance in the context of a weak social security system, breakdown of family structure, and increasing noncommunicable diseases. In this context, this study aims to understand the linkages of the living arrangements of the elderly with their work status, morbidity, and treatment-seeking behavior in four states in South India. This study was based on cross-sectional secondary data from the 60th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) on “Morbidity, Health Care and the Condition of the Aged” conducted in India in 2004. A subsample of 7,853 elderly from four demographically advanced states in South India formed the study population. Results showed that most of the elderly were working as unpaid workers in their later ages. A significant number of the elderly with primary or more education and living with their children without spouse or with other relatives worked as unpaid workers. Multivariate analyses suggest that those elderly living with their children were less likely to suffer from any morbidity and more likely to seek treatment. Economic well-being and usual activity status are significant predictors of morbidity and treatment-seeking behavior. Those elderly who lived alone were more vulnerable to poor health and more likely to work for their livelihood. Irrespective of the living arrangement, treatment seeking among the elderly was relatively higher in Kerala compared with the rest of the states. Thus, the family plays a significant role in elderly care, and living arrangement affects the work status and morbidity condition of the elderly population in the states of South India.
Apart from others households’ needs like food, housing, marriage, debt-payment, etc., remittances... more Apart from others households’ needs like food, housing, marriage, debt-payment, etc., remittances can be considered as a significant booster for human capital formation in the Indian context. This study examines priorities for expenditures on health and education while utilizing remittances among different SES subgroups of remittance receiving households in India. This study is based on the data from National Sample Survey, 64th round, conducted during 2007-08. Using binary as well as multinomial logistic regression, this paper shows that factors such as place of residence, type of occupation, household size, religion, social groups, and economic strata affect the decision of giving top three preferences in utilizing remittances on health and education. Findings suggest that households belonging to the urban area or self-employed in agriculture or having large family size have less priority to health and high priority to education while utilizing remittances. Poor households first meet their health needs from remittances while richer households give priority to education. Between health and education, health covers the maximum priorities of the household in remittance utilization. Around one-fourth of the households, irrespective of their background characteristics, do not give priority to health or education.
This study analyses the temporal variations in the prevalence of infectious diseases and their re... more This study analyses the temporal variations in the prevalence of infectious diseases and their relationship with changing household environments in urban India using data from last three rounds of National Sample Survey on Morbidity and Health Care. The major infectious diseases are clubbed into three categories-water borne diseases (WBD), air borne diseases (ABD) and vector borne diseases (VBD). The prevalence of ABD is sharply rising followed by VBD in urban India during the last two decades. There are wide interstate variations in household amenities like modern cooking fuels, access to safe water, availability of flush toilet facility, underground drainage, etc., which have direct linkages with infectious diseases. Urban areas have growing trend of infectious diseases due to increasing pressure on available basic infrastructure. They need better living condition, improvement of domestic hygiene, cleaner environment and sanitation, and targeted public health interventions.
The well-being of the elderly population in India is of prime importance in the context of a weak... more The well-being of the elderly population in India is of prime importance in the context of a weak social security system, breakdown of family structure, and increasing noncommunicable diseases. In this context, this study aims to understand the linkages of the living arrangements of the elderly with their work status, morbidity, and treatment-seeking behavior in four states in South India. This study was based on cross-sectional secondary data from the 60th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) on “Morbidity, Health Care and the Condition of the Aged” conducted in India in 2004. A subsample of 7,853 elderly from four demographically advanced states in South India formed the study population. Results showed that most of the elderly were working as unpaid workers in their later ages. A significant number of the elderly with primary or more education and living with their children without spouse or with other relatives worked as unpaid workers. Multivariate analyses suggest that those elderly living with their children were less likely to suffer from any morbidity and more likely to seek treatment. Economic well-being and usual activity status are significant predictors of morbidity and treatment-seeking behavior. Those elderly who lived alone were more vulnerable to poor health and more likely to work for their livelihood. Irrespective of the living arrangement, treatment seeking among the elderly was relatively higher in Kerala compared with the rest of the states. Thus, the family plays a significant role in elderly care, and living arrangement affects the work status and morbidity condition of the elderly population in the states of South India.
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