Swastika Chakravorty

Swastika Chakravorty
Jawaharlal Nehru University | JNU · Centre for the Study of Regional Development

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Additional affiliations
August 2021 - present
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Position
  • Research Associate
Description
  • Proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation of field activities, paper writing, data cleaning, validation and analysis. Scientific report and paper writing.
June 2019 - September 2020
India Health Action Trust
Position
  • Consultant
Description
  • Data cleaning, validation, and analysis. Preparation of scientific papers and reports
Education
June 2016 - December 2021
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Field of study
  • Population Studies
June 2012 - May 2014
International Institute for Population Sciences
Field of study
  • Population Studies
June 2009 - May 2012
University of Delhi
Field of study
  • Statistics

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Publications (16)
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BBSR and NIUA analysed together in a comparable manner already some of the Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8) as well as Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11). This publication focuses on Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG...
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BBSR and NIUA continue with this publication on SDG 5 in India, Germany, and Europe as their efforts in identifying and applying a comparable approach to reporting on urban and rural development. The publication describes the findings in texts and maps in the same way as it discusses similarities and dissimilarities from national and supranational...
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The gender-inequality is a critical economic challenge that has a significant negative impact on global economic prospects. In this context, this study aims to investigate the association between gender inequality and growth outcomes in the form of gross domestic product (GDP hereafter) per-capita across 158 countries in the world during 2000-15. O...
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Against the backdrop of the alarming rise in Caesarean section (C-section) births in India, this study aimed to examine the association between C-section births, fertility decline and female sterilization in the country. A cross-sectional design was used to investigate the association between C-section delivery and subsequent reproductive behaviour...
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The crisis of obesity has reached epidemic proportions in several parts of the world. A rapid growth in the levels of obesity is observed among children and adolescents in developing countries. However, this challenge is often insufficiently addressed in health policies and programmes. Trends and patterns at the national, urban and Delhi levels are...
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As demographic, economic and cultural shifts continue to diversify family structure, researchers need to explore new ways of conceptualizing and measuring family characteristics and economic outcomes. There are hardly any quantitative studies in India to understand the families from a demographic perspective and relate them to economic outcomes. Th...
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Family has always been an important unit of analysis in an effort to improve and understand human development. Studying the changes in the institution of family and households keeping in view the demographic, social, and economic transitions also becomes imperative. So far, in our knowledge, there are very few studies based in India have investigat...
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In this case study, we aim to provide a framework that includes an innovative survey design, survey instrument, and procedure to identify and measure labor room violence in a resource-poor setting where such acts are seen as normalized behaviors and hardly reported. Although the survey instrument is designed in India, it can be replicated in any se...
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Objectives The major objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of labour room violence (LRV) (one of the forms of obstetric violence) faced by the women during the time of delivery in Uttar Pradesh (UP) (the largest populous state of India which is also considered to be a microcosm of India). Furthermore, this study also analyses th...
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Achieving grand convergence in global health and bridging the gap between the countries, within country and between the states are important targets of ongoing SDGs. India is often described as a country with substantial progress in average health status alongside sizable geographical, rural–urban, social, economic and bio-demographic disparities....
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Objective To advance the goal of “Grand Convergence” in global health by 2035, this study tested the convergence hypothesis in the progress of the health status of individuals from 193 countries, using both standard and cutting-edge convergence metrics. Methods The study used multiple data sources. The methods section is categorized into two parts...
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Complete dataset used for computation (STATA). (DTA)
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Syntax and codes for the complete data (STATA DO). (DO)
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Despite the existence of several policies and programs, anemia among pregnant and lactating women continues to be a serious concern for public health policy in India. The main objective of this study is to examine the prevalence and determinants of anemia among pregnant and lactating versus nonpregnant nonlactating (NP-NL) women for priority settin...

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