Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 109-120
The Indentation of Gender Inequality on Health of the People of Uttar Pradesh
Abhishek Tiwari1, M. K. Manar2, S. K. Singh3, Uday Mohan4, R. R. Jha5, Kanchan Panday6
1Senior Resident, 2Associate Professor, 3Professor,
Department of Community Medicine & Public Health, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow.
4Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Era’s Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow.
5Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad,
6Junior Resident, Community Medicine, Motilal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj.
Corresponding Author: Abhishek Tiwari
ABSTRACT
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the fourth in series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. The most populous state of India is not doing well in many indicators and understanding them from different perspectives is imperative for translational changes in the future. The secondary analysis of NFHS-4 reported data freely available in public domain was done with the purpose to identify the differences in gender based data and to do the reason analysis with the purpose of suggesting remedies to address the issues of gender equity. All the results were seen dichotomously as for males and females to understand the extent of gender differences and identify the cause if any. The results of the analysis were eye opening as seen from the lens of Gender equity. These are the baseline data from where we have to head to targets of SDG 5 and understanding them in depth is essential to be on track.
Keywords: Gender Equity, Gender inequality, NFHS-4, Uttar Pradesh, India, SDG-5