Association between Matern al Mortality Ra tio and Human Dev elopment Index in India: A Temporal Analysis

Karuna Rathore

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2017

Association between Matern al Mortality Ra tio and Human Dev elopment Index in India: A Temporal Analysis

Karuna Rathore

Abstract :

Women face discrimination, pushed to the secondary status and compromised health status. Maternal mortality ratio is the vital indicator of women health. Human Development Index is a measure to rank countries on basis of a composite score of life expectancy, education and income per capita. Improve HDI shows that we have higher life span, education status and GDP which also benefits women also. So we have tried to measure the association between MMR and HDI. Liner equation method and liner correlation is used for analysis of data.

Result: Study indicates significant associations between HDI and maternal mortality ratio -0.93141;

education is a factor of HDI which shows highest association with MMR -0.97596.

Conclusion: Study indicates significant associations between HDI and maternal mortality ratio and all composite factors. Our findings suggest that the initiatives to curtail discrimination and prioritizing women�s rights should be focus. Holistic multidimensional initiatives to be planned by government to focus on social well-being of women and reduce gender barriers are the need of the hour.