The share of Other Backward Classes or OBCs was the highest among other castes constituting 42 percent of Indian population.
Literacy Differentials among Scheduled Caste and Non-Schedule Castes in West Bengal, India: A District Wise StudyAfter independent there have been Indian State took a variety of Constitutional and administrative measure for socio-economic development of schedule populat...
Table 2. Caste-wise population and their inclusion in government jobs. Caste CategoriesCastePopulation (in %)Share in Government jobs (chief source of income in Bihar) (in %, of the community) Upper/Zamindars Brahmin 3.6575 3.60 Rajput 3.4505 3.81 Bhumihar (Babhan) 2.8693 4.99 Kayasth 0.6011...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Assessment of nutritional status using anthropometric index among older adult and elderly population in India Junaid Khan , Aparajita Chattopadhyay & Subhojit Shaw * Malnutrition poses a significant risk to the older population globally, ...
https://paa2011.populationassociation.org/papers/112588 Takyi A, Sato M, Adjabeng M, Smith C. Factors that influence modern contraceptive use among women aged 35 to 49 years and their male partners in Gomoa West District, Ghana: a qualitative study. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2023;51(1...
Caste-wise, men were almost evenly distributed across the survey rounds, and OBC constituted the highest proportion in every round. The proportion of Muslims increased from 12% in 2005–06 to 15% in 2019–21. The proportion of men who drink alcohol decreased over the survey rounds (from 32...
6 NEONATAL MORTALITY: DETERMINANTS In India, inequities with corresponding underlying axes of caste, class, gender and geographical differences define a very large segment of the population. A High-Level Expert Group appointed by the Planning Commission of India observed that considering the health ...
3.1. State-wise prevalence of maternal and Child health vulnerability Figure 3 shows the prevalence of maternal health vulnerability among the indigenous Indian population. The map shows that the different types of maternal health issues, such as asthma, heart diseases, cancer, and diabetes, varied ...
The high out-of-pocket expenses associated with eye care services, especially for the poor, further exacerbate the inequality (Redding et al., 2023, Jun). However, from the technical perspective, ascertaining the income or wealth status of the older population in developing countries becomes ...
population must be examined further.Lastly, it is worth pointing out that the data we use are a decade old. The associations between demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related factors and sleep quality and duration, however, are likely stable over time, rooted in the enduring sociodemographic...