Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2014

Gender Inequity in Child Care– A Special Reference to Rural Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Sampath Kumar, R. Maruthakutti

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 Gender differences are as old as human culture and arose from the biological differences between early human males and females.  Gender inequality and equality is most perceived as pertaining to women and their related issues in which men are seen as a dominating force. The roots of health inequalities are many, interconnected and complex. According to socio–biological theorists, in addition to health inequalities being linked to genetic and biological differences, social variables have been identified as a source of health inequalities (Denton et al., 2004). The present paper is explored the care pattern of children during illness and gender disparity in allocation of health care. The sample was drawn from 335 rural mothers, who have at least a male and a female child are selected from four blocks of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, by systematic random sampling method. The study findings reveal that, 80% of household the husband alone makes decision regarding the treatment of their children and 48% of the respondents said that, their parents only take care of the children when they fall sick. The most preferred place for the mothers (42%) in treating their children was government hospitals. The 60% of mothers were traveling 7.5 k.m to access health care. The Younger mothers showing disparity to female children in duration of medical care. The study further divulges that, as income of the family increases, disparity against the female children decreases. The study concludes that the mother who faces disparity not showing any inequity between the children of the both sex

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S. SAMPATH KUMAR & R. MARUTHAKUTTI GENDER INEQUITY IN CHILD CARE- A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RURAL COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. IV

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