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Title:
ROLE OF WOMEN IN DETERMINING THE HEALTH STATUS OF MANIPUR

Authors:
Kshetrimayum Rabikan Singh

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Kshetrimayum Rabikan Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Arignar Anna Govt. Arts and Science College, Karaikal, Govt. of Puducherry

MLA 8
Singh, Kshetrimayum Rabikan. "ROLE OF WOMEN IN DETERMINING THE HEALTH STATUS OF MANIPUR." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 7, July 2021, pp. 2463-2476, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i07.030. Accessed July 2021.
APA 6
Singh, K. (2021, July). ROLE OF WOMEN IN DETERMINING THE HEALTH STATUS OF MANIPUR. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(7), 2463-2476. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i07.030
Chicago
Singh, Kshetrimayum Rabikan. "ROLE OF WOMEN IN DETERMINING THE HEALTH STATUS OF MANIPUR." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 7 (July 2021), 2463-2476. Accessed July, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i07.030.

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Abstract:
Manipur has 2nd largest below poverty line population (46.7%) and is ranked 3rd lowest per capita income among all the states in India. Despite being one of the poorest states in India, her achievements in many aspects of the health are worth laudable. The present study attempts to understand the health achievements of Manipur by exploring the factor of women empowerment using the secondary data NHFS 4, 2015-16. The study reveals that Manipur is one of the best five performers among all the states in many of the important health indicators, such as wasting, underweight, anaemia, infant mortality rate, under five mortality rates and BMI. This fact implies that the differences in health achievements between different states could not be a matter of per capita income or income poverty alone. The study finds that women empowerment seemed to play a crucial role in Manipur`s astonishing achievements. For instance, women`s participation in household decision making (96.2 %) and labour force (40.9%), women`s literacy rate (85%), women owning house/land (69.9%) are among the top five performers in India. Therefore, understanding the role of women seemed to be a key factor in determining the Manipur`s health achievements.

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