Capability and Well-Being in the Forest Villages and Tea Gardens in Dooars Region of North Bengal

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Amlan Majumder

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Abstract: This e-book is based on a Minor Research Project sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. It investigates quality of life related issues especially about how the forest villagers and tea-plantation workers of Dooars region in North Bengal (West Bengal, India) are provided with the basic capabilities to participate in and to contribute to society. Empirically, it studies, first, living conditions of the inhabitants; second, the burden of disease, disability and injuries in the region; and third, health seeking behaviour according to type of care and system of medicine. It uses primary data mainly collected through interviews and visits during 2012-2013 covering 400 households in the region. It applies simple algebraic and statistical tools including those in public health, and multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Keywords: Burden of disease; Capability approach; Dooars; Forest Village; Health and well-being; Tea garden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 I32 Q15 Q59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-10
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