Effect of intergenerational educational mobility on health of Indian women

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the relationship between intergenerational educational mobility and the overall health of the Indian women. It uses a nationally representative survey, India Human Development Survey (IHDS) 2011–12, and logistic regressions to study this relationship. The sample comprises of women aged 45 years and older. We find that the women experiencing upward intergenerational educational mobility (vis-a-vis their mothers) have significantly higher chances of experiencing good overall health compared to the women who are having same or lesser level of education as that of their mothers. Besides, women suffering from short term or major morbidity have remarkably lower chances of having overall good health. Also, women from rural India have significantly lesser chances of having overall good health as compared to that of urban areas. Further, Muslim women have lesser chances of having overall good health as that of women from other religious categories. Moreover, there is a significant variation in the overall health of women as we move from the eastern region to the western region of India.

Trends and socioeconomic disparities in undernutrition among Muslim women in India: evidence from the last two decades (1998–2021)

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A selective and sensitive UFLC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of five alkaloids fromPiper longumL. and its application in the pharmacokinetic study of 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson's disease rats

“…Studies have showed that these components have anti-oxidant, anti-inammatory, anti-tumor, anti-microbial, anti-obesity, antihyperlipidemic and anti-depressant effects. [1][2][3] Our research results showed that the alkaloids from P. longum (PLA), which mainly contained PPR, PPL, DPPL, piperanine (PPRA) and pellitorine (PLTR), exerted neuroprotective effects in Parkinson's disease (PD) models induced by neurotoxins such as 6hydroxydopamin (6-OHDA), 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), rotenone and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Furthermore, PPR and PPL could improve cell viability and alleviate motor decits and loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in PD cell and mouse models induced by rotenone.…”