IMPACT OF HEALTH DIMENSION ON GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX OF AHMEDABAD DISTRICT

The present study has been carried out to identify the level of gender Inequality by computing Gender Inequality Index for 10 Talukas of Ahmedabad District.  The main source information, statistics has been the secondary data.  Performance of 10 Talukas of Ahmedabad District has been measured with the three dimensions of Gender Inequality Index, such as Reproductive Health, Empowerment and labour market. Further, impact of Health Dimension on Gender Inequality Index has been analysed by using simple and linear regression model. This model has included health indicators such as MMR, AFR. Evaluation, which has led to the choice of relevant hypotheses,  which have been based on a series of tests using relevant statistics like standard error tests t-test of estimated coefficients, F- statistics and their probabilities, coefficient of determination and Durbin-Watson statistics. Results showed that Barwala Taluka has had minimum gender inequality while Viramgam Taluka has had maximum Gender Inequality among the selected Talukas of Ahmedabad District. Strong positive correlation has been found between indicators of reproductive health (MMR and AFR), MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate) and AFR (Adolescent Fertility Rate) have been statistically significant (p<0.01) and highly significant (p<0.05). From the magnitude of the t-statistics, it has been found that AFR had more impact than MMR.

                       

KEYWORDSAdolescent Fertility Rate, Gender Inequality Index, Health Dimension, Mortality Rate.


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