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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Socio-cultural factors influencing infant mortality rates.

  • UPSC 2003
  • Population Dynamics

Medicine explains how an infant dies; sociology explains why one infant is exposed to that death and another is not. Between pathogen and child stand cultural rules about who is fed what, who is taken where, and whose survival is worth spending on — which is why infant mortality varies sharply within the same health…

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  • Kinship and the value placed on the child
  • The mother's position in the household
  • Beliefs about feeding and illness
  • Caste, community and the social distance of care
  • Conclusion

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