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On Mortality analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dhakad, M., & Saikia, N. (2026). Social and economic inequalities in adult mortality in India. Demographic Research<\/i>, 55<\/i>, 465-490. https:\/\/www.demographic-research.org\/articles\/volume\/55\/16<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kumar, R., & Saikia, N. (2026). Seasonality of pneumonia mortality among infants in India from 2018\u20132020: a joinpoint analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases<\/i>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12879-026-13229-2<\/a><\/p>\n

Dhakad, M., Striessnig, E., Saikia, N., Kc, S., & Lutz, W. (2026). For reducing premature adult mortality in India, education matters more than income.\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/i>,\u00a0123<\/i>(6), e2503809123.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shaikh, R., Vogt, T., Saikia, N.<\/strong>, Pednekar, M. S., Gupta, P. C., & Janssen, F. (14 June 2025). Mortality Fractions Attributable to Smoking and Smokeless and Mixed Tobacco Use among Men and Women across India, 1998-2021<\/a>.\u00a0Nicotine and Tobacco Research<\/i>, ntaf121.<\/p>\n

Adhikary, Mihir, Saikia, Nandita,<\/strong> Purohit, Pallav, Canudas-Romo, Vladimir and Schoop, Wolfgang (9 August 2024). Air Pollution and Mortality in India: Investigating the Nexus of Ambient and Household Pollution Across Life Stages.<\/a> GeoHealth, 8, e2023GH000968. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023GH000968<\/a><\/p>\n

Gupta, M., Rao, C., Yadav, A. K., Jat, M., Dhamija, R. K., & Saikia, Nandita. ( August 29, <\/strong>2023). The COVID-19 pandemic death toll in India: can we know better?.\u00a0BMJ Global Health<\/i>,\u00a08<\/i>(8). https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10465911\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia Nandita., <\/strong>Kumar K., and Das, B. (1 Feb 2023). Death registration coverage in India: Results from a nationally representative survey.Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. <\/em>https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/365858\/PMC9874366.pdf?sequence=1<\/a> Date of Publication: 1st Feb 2023<\/p>\n

Chandan Kumar, Piyasa and Saikia Nandita<\/strong> (16 November, 2022). An update on explaining the rural-urban gap in under-five mortality in India. BMC Public Health <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-022-14436-7<\/a><\/p>\n

Carshon-Marsh, R., Aimone, A., Ansumana, R., Swaray, I. B., Assalif, A., Musa, A., Meh, C., Smart, F., Fu, S.H, Newcombe, L., Kamadod, R., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>,… & Jha, P. (Januar 2022). Child, maternal, and adult mortality in Sierra Leone: nationally representative mortality survey 2018\u201320. The Lancet Global Health<\/i>,\u00a010<\/i>(1), e114-e123. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2214-109X(21)00459-9<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Meh, C., Ram, U., Bora, JK., Mishra, B., Chandra, S., and Jha., P. (2021). Trends in missing females at birth in India from 1981 to 2016: Analysis of 2.1 million birth histories in nationally representative surveys. Lancet Global Health. Publisher: Elsavier. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2214-109X(21)00094-2<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Chisumpa VH, Odimegwu, CO and Saikia Nandita<\/strong>. (2019).\u00a0<\/em>Adult mortality in sub\u2010Saharan Africa: Cross\u2010sectional study of causes of death in Zambia. Tropical Medicine and International Health\u00a0 DOI:1111\/tmi.13302<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Bora, J. & Luy, M. (2019). Socioeconomic disparity in adult mortality in India: estimations using orphanhood method. Genus. Volume 75 Number 7 Publisher: Springer Open:\u00a0https:\/\/rdcu.be\/bjW6W<\/a><\/p>\n

Bora, J. and Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> (2018). Neonatal and under-five mortality rate in Indian districts with reference to Sustainable Development Goal 3: An analysis of the National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS), 2015\u20132016. LoS ONE: Publisher: Public Library of Science: PLoS ONE 13(7): e0201125. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal. pone.0201125\u00a0http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ plosone\/article\/authors?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0201125<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Guilmoto, C.Z., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Tamrakar, V. and Bora, J.K. (2018). Excess under-5 female mortality across India:a spatial analysis using 2011 census data. Lancet Global Health: Publisher: Elsevier\u00a0 https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(18)30184-0\/fulltext<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia Nandita <\/strong>and Bora, J.K. (2016). Does Increasing Longevity Lead Increasing Disability? Evidence from Indian States Vol XIII. Publisher: OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati.\u00a0Saikia Bora OKD institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Shkolnikov, V., Jasilionis, D., and Chandrasekhar (2016) Trends and sub-national disparities in neonatal mortality in India from 1981 to 2011. Asian Population Studies, <\/em>Vol 12 (1) Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. http:\/\/www.tandfonline .com\/doi\/pdf \/10.1080\/17441730.2015.1130325<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Canudas-Romo, V. Saikia<\/strong>, Nandita<\/strong>., and Diamond-Smith, N. (2015). The contribution of age-specific mortality towards male and female life expectancy differentials in India and selected States, 1970-2013. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol 30, Number 2 <\/em>Publisher: United Nations ESCAP.https:\/\/www.popline.org\/node\/654601<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Singh, A., Jasilionis, D. and Ram, F. (2013). \u201c<\/strong>Explaining the trends in the rural-urban gap in infant mortality in India\u201d Demographic Research <\/em>29(18):473-506, Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany.\u00a0https:\/\/www.demographic research.org\/volumes\/vol29\/18\/default.htm <\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita.,<\/strong>Singh, A. and Ram, F.(2013). \u201cAdult male mortality in India since independence: An application of widowhood method\u201d Asian Population Studies<\/em>). DOI:10.1080\/17441730.2013.785720;Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17441730.2013.785720<\/u><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2011) \u201cTrends and geographic differentials in mortality under age 60 in India\u201d Population Studies <\/em>65(1):73-89. DOI: 10.1080\/00324728.2010.534642; Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21240833<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Singh, A. and Ram, F. (2010) \u201cHas child mortality in India really increased in last two decades? Economic and Political Weekly<\/em>\u201d Vol.XLV, 51.SAIKIA-ChildMortalityIndia-2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>and Ram, F. (2010) \u201cDeterminants of adult mortality in India\u201d Asian Population Studies 6(2). <\/em>Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17441730.2010.494441<\/a><\/p>\n

On Population Health issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barua, Somdutta and Saikia, Nandita<\/strong> (2026). Body perceptions and satisfaction among adults with excess weight in India: a mixed methds approach. BMC Psychol . 2026 Mar 9;14(1):567. doi: 10.1186\/s40359-026-04303-0.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bora, J. K., Saikia, N<\/strong>., & Jatrana, S. (2025). Prevalence and risk factors of violence against adolescents: Evidence from the two most populous and socio-economically disadvantaged states of India.\u00a0Children and Youth Services Review<\/i>, 108609.1-s2.0-S019074092500492X-main<\/a> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.childyouth.2025.108609<\/a><\/p>\n

Priyanka Yadav-Jagtap and <\/span>Nandita Saikia (2025). Gender Disparities in Selected Health Behaviors Among Indian Adults (15-49): Insights from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21. Demography India<\/em>. Vol. 54, Issue 2 (May-August, 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnita Das, Nandita Saikia,<\/strong>Aditi, Punit Mishra, Minakshi Buragohain,
\nLaishram Ladu Singh (2025). The Intersection of Socio-Economic Vulnerability and Malnutrition: A Study on Scheduled Tribe Women in Northeast India.\u00a0Demography India. Special Issue: RASTA (2025) (ISSN 0970-454X). Barnita_Nandita Demography India<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Borah, G., & Saikia, N. (2025)<\/strong>. Effect of \u2018losses\u2019 and other secondary stressors on the association between flooding and psychological health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Bongaigaon District, India.\u00a0Journal of Biosocial Science<\/i>, 1-29.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0021932025000136<\/a><\/p>\n

Mal, P., & Saikia, N. (27 Feb 2025). Cultural persistence in health-seeking behaviour: a mixed-method study of traditional healing practices among Garo tribal women in Meghalaya, India. Journal of Biosocial Science<\/i>, 1-20.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-biosocial-science\/article\/cultural-persistence-in-healthseeking-behaviour-a-mixedmethod-study-of-traditional-healing-practices-among-garo-tribal-women-in-meghalaya-india\/63F1665008C8B85248E77948B9C914E7<\/a><\/p>\n

Boro, S., & Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. (10 September 2024). The effects of substance use on non-communicable diseases among older adults aged 60 and above in the North-eastern States of India. Plos one<\/i>,\u00a019<\/i>(9), e0307603. https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0307603<\/a><\/p>\n

Mal, P., & Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. (7 June 2024). Empowering tribal women: a comparative analysis of matrilineal and patrilineal societies in India. Cogent Social Sciences<\/i>,\u00a010<\/i>(1), 2360172. https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/23311886.2024.2360172<\/a><\/p>\n

Mal, Piyasa and Saikia, Nandita<\/strong> (9 July 2024). Disparity by Caste and Tribe: Understanding women’s empowerment and health outcomes in India.<\/a> Social Science and Medicine 354.<\/p>\n

Kumar, K., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. and Diamond-smith, N. (June 1, 2022) Performance barriers of Civil Registration System in Bihar: An Exploratory Study. PLoS One doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0268832.eCollection 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tamrakar, V., Srivastava, A., Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong>, Parmar, M. C., Shukla, S. K., Shabnam, S., … & Debbarma, B. (2021). District level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic in India during March-October 2020.\u00a0PloS one<\/em>,\u00a016<\/em>(9), e0257533. https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0257533<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Adhikary, M., Mal, P., & Saikia, Nandita. (Janury 25, 2024)<\/strong>. Exploring the link between particulate matter pollution and acute respiratory infection risk in children using generalized estimating equations analysis: a robust statistical approach.\u00a0Environmental Health<\/i>,\u00a023<\/i>(1), 12. https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12940-024-01049-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Borah, G., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Das, S., & Sharma, S. (10 May 2023). Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods: Findings from a qualitative study in Bongaigaon District of Assam, India. <\/span>Wellbeing, Space and Society<\/i>, <\/span>100147.https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666558123000209<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> and Bora J.K., (April 2023). Awareness and Impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Mann Ki Baat Program in India: A Mixed Methods Study. GUINEIS Journal: An interdisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal of North East India Studies.Special Issue 2023. Maan Ki Baat and North East India.Maan ki baat Saikia and Bora_compressed<\/a><\/p>\n

Baruah, S. and Saikia<\/strong>\u00a0 Nandita. <\/strong>(11 April 2023). <\/strong>Perception, environmental determinants, and health complications of excess weight in India: a mixed methods approach. Scientific Reports<\/i>\u00a0volume<\/span>\u00a013<\/b>, Article\u00a0number:\u00a05868<\/span>\u00a0(2023<\/span>)\u00a0Scientific Report.https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-31016-w<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Kumari, N., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., and Subramanian, S.V. (7 Feb 2023). The Puzzle of underreporting disability among tribal population in India: Is it a statistical artifact or reality? Geroscience. <\/em>https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11357-023-00736-2<\/a><\/p>\n

Baruah, S. and Saikia<\/strong> N. (19 December 2022). <\/strong>Perception, risk factors, and health behaviors in adult obesity in Kolkata, India: A mixed method approach. \u00a0BMC Public Health\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>https:\/\/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12889-022-14531-9<\/a><\/p>\n

Shaikh, R., & Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> (26 July, 2022). Socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco cessation among Indians above 15 years of age from 2009 to 2017: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). BMC Public Health<\/i>,\u00a022<\/i>(1), 1-12. https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12889-022-13820-7<\/a><\/p>\n

Diamond-Smith ,\u00a0 Gopalakrishnan, L., Gutierrez , S., Francis, F.,\u00a0 Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., and Patil, S. (July 4, 2022). Early findings on the impact of COVID-19 on men and women\u2019s fertility preferences and access to maternal and reproductive health care in India. https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/agh\/article\/1\/1\/1713935\/185895\/Barriers-to-maternal-and-reproductive-health-care<\/a><\/p>\n

Boro, B. and Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> (17 May, 2022). Association of multimorbidity and physical activity among older adults in India: An analysis from the Longitudinal Ageing Survey of India (2017-2018). BMK Open. https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/12\/5\/e053989?rss=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Saddaf Akhtar and Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., (28 November, 2022). Differentials and predictors of hospitalization among elderly people in India: Evidence from\u00a0\u00a0National Sample Survey. Working with Older people. Emerald Publishing. https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/WWOP-11-2021-0055\/full\/htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Bora, J.K., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. and Lutz, W. (21 January 2022). Revisiting the causes of fertility decline in Bangladesh: the relative importance of female education and family planning programs. https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17441730.2022.2028253<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Boro, B., Srivastava, S. & Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. Is There an Association Between Change in Old-Age Living Arrangements and Older Adults’ Psychological Health and Subjective Well-Being in India? Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study. Ageing Int<\/em>\u00a0(2021).\u00a0https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12126-021-09470-6<\/a><\/p>\n

Kumar, K., & Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> (2021). Determinants of birth registration in India: Evidence from NFHS 2015\u201316.\u00a0PloS one<\/em>,\u00a016<\/em>(9), e0257014. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0257014<\/a><\/p>\n

Pothisiri, W., Prasitsiriphon, O., Saikia, N<\/strong>., & Aekplakorn, W. (2021). Education and grip strength among older Thai adults: A mediation analysis on health-related behaviours.\u00a0SSM-population health<\/em>, 100894. https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2352827321001695<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Boro, B. and Saikia<\/strong>, Nandita. (2020). A qualitative study of the barriers to utilizing health-care services among the tribal population in Assam. Plosone. Publisher: Public Library of Science. https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0240096<\/a><\/p>\n

Baruah S., Saikia. Nandita.<\/strong> and Sk, R. (2020). Spatial Pattern and determinants of diagnosed Diabetes in Southern India: Evidence from a population-based survey. Journal of Biosocial Science Publisher: Cambridge University press. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0021932020000449<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> and Debbarma, B. (2019). The socioeconomic correlates of substance use among male adults in Northeast India. Clinical Epidemiology and global health. Publisher: Elsevier.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cegh.2019.06.004<\/a><\/p>\n

Diamond-Smith, N., Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong>,\u00a0 \u00a0Bishai, B., and\u00a0 \u00a0Canudas-Romo, V., (2019).What has contributed to improvements in the child sex ratio in select districts of India? A decomposition of the sex ratio at birth and child mortality.\u00a0Journal of biosocial science. Publisher: Cambridge University Press.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0021932019000221<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita.,<\/strong> Moradhvaj, Saha, A. and Chutia, U. (2019). Actual and ideal fertility differential among natives, immigrants, and descendants of immigrants in a northeastern state of India. Population, Space, and Place. Publisher: Wiley. https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/psp.2238<\/a><\/p>\n

Moradhvaj and Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>(2019). Gender Disparities in Health-care Expenditure and Financing Strategies (HCFS) for In-patient Care in India. SSM-Population Health. Publisher: Elsevier. https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2352827318302787<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Sehgal, S., Bora, J. & Dimondsmith. N. (2018). Experiences of neonatal deaths among Urban poor in metropolitan delhi: Commination, poor quality, And overwhelmed system. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies. Volume03, Number 1&2. Publisher: Sage:\u00a0https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2394481120170101<\/a><\/p>\n

Parmer, M. and Saikia. Nandita<\/strong>. (2018). Chronic Morbidity and Reported Disability among Older Persons from the India Human Development Survey. BMC Geriatrics <\/em>Publisher:BMC part of Springer Nature. https:\/\/bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12877-018-0979-9<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Bora, J. K. Jasilionis, D and Shkolnikov, (2016). Disability Divide in India: Evidence from 2011 Census. PLoS ONE: Publisher: Public Library of Science: PLoS ONE 11(8): e0159809. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0159809 Publisher: Public Library of Science.http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4973875\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Moradhvaj and Bora, J.K. (2016). Gender Difference in Health-Care Expenditure: Evidence from India Human Development Survey. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0158332. doi:10.1371\/journal. pone.0158332, Publisher: Public Library of Science. https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC4938214\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>and Kulkarni, P.M. (2016). On data availability for health inequality research in India Economic and political weekly<\/a>. Vol LI Nos 26 & 27.<\/p>\n

Bora, J.K. and Saikia Nandita. <\/strong>(2015). Gender differentials in Self-rated Health and Self-reported disability among adults in India. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141953. doi:10.1371\/journal. pone.0141953, Publisher: Public Library of Science. https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0141953<\/a><\/p>\n

Husain, Z., Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., and Bora, R.S. (2014). \u201cHealth Mission: Lost Opportunities in Uttarakhand\u201d Journal of the National Human Rights Commission India, 13.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>and Singh, A. (2009) \u201cDoes the type of family affect maternal health? Evidence from India\u201d Journal of Bio-social Sciences <\/em>41(3):329-353.Publisher: Cambridge University Press. https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19036173\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>and Bhat, P.N. Mari (2008) \u201cFactors Affecting Adult Mortality in India: An Analysis of National Family Health Surveys of 1992-1993 & 1998-1999 (NFHS I and II) \u201d Demography India <\/em>37 (2):291-302. Publisher: Indian Association for Study of Population. \u00a0<\/u>https:\/\/www.demogr.mpg.de\/publications\/files\/3612_1260863114_1_Saikia_bhat.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Ram, F. Singh, A. and Saikia <\/strong>Nandita. (2010). Comment on Paper entitled \u201cMortality Transition in India 1970-2005\u201d by Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia published online in Asian Population Studies\u201d Asian Population<\/em> Studies 6(1): <\/em>347 \u2013 351 Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17441730.2010.512765 <\/a><\/p>\n

Chapters in edited books (Peer Reviewed)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Borah, Girimallika and Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>. (25 May 2024). Changing Population Dynamics, Losses and Adaptation to Recurring Floods in Bongaigaon<\/a>. Flood Risk Management: Assessment and Strategy,\u00a0<\/em>pages 143-160. Edited by Brototi Biswas ad Bhagwan Balasaheb Ghute. Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore.<\/p>\n

Shabnam, S., & Saikia, Nandita. (7 February <\/strong>2024). Summary Measures of Population Health: Healthy Life Expectancy in India in the Context of Sustainable Development. In\u00a0Sustainability: Science, Policy, and Practice in India: Challenges and Opportunities<\/i> (pp. 35-51). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-031-50132-6_3<\/a><\/p>\n

Saddaf Naaz Akhtar & Nandita Saikia<\/strong> (12 October 2023). Economic Dependency, chronic illness and Insurance Coverage Among the Elderly: <\/em>A Comparative Study Between EAG and Non-EAG States of India.<\/em> In the Handbook of Ageing, Chronic Illness, and Insurance Coverage Among the Elderly. The Springer Publisher. Edited by S Irudaya Rajan https:\/\/link.springer.com\/referenceworkentry\/10.1007\/978-981-16-1914-4_202-1<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita.,<\/strong> Saha, A., Bora, J.K. and Joe, W. (2020). “I<\/strong>mmigration and Bengali population in Assam: Evidence from Direct and Indirect Demographic Estimation”in <\/strong>Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh, Springer Publication<\/a>,\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong>by Chattopadhyay, Aparajita,\u00a0Ghosh, Saswata (Eds.)<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0Saikia, <\/strong>Nandita<\/strong>., Trends in Mortality Differentials in India (2016) in \u201cContemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia\u201d, Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development 5, ed. by Christophe Z Guilmoto and Gavin Jones, Publisher: Springer.<\/strong>http:\/\/www.springer.com\/us\/book\/9783319247816<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saikia<\/strong>, Nandita<\/strong>., Bora, J.K. and Ram, F. (2013). Who Gets Education in Uttarakhand? In Population, Health and Development<\/em>:\u00a0Perspectives on Uttarakhand<\/em>, Eds.T.V. Sekher, A.Singh and S. Parasuraman, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working\/Occasional papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saikia Nandita.<\/strong>\u00a0 and Moradhvaj (2020). Socioeconomic patterns and determinants of adult mortality due to external-causes in india: analysis of nationally-representative, population-based survey data. Working paper Vienna Institute of Demography. 04\/2020 available at: https:\/\/ www.oeaw.ac.at\/fileadmin\/subsites\/Institute\/VID\/PDF\/Publications\/Working_Papers\/WP2 02 0_04.pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Bora, J.K., Saikia, Nandita.<\/strong> and Lutz, W. (2019). Revisiting the causes of fertility decline in Bangladesh: Family planning program or female education. IIASA Working Paper.\u00a0Laxenburg, Austria: WP-19-011 http:\/\/pure.iiasa.ac.at\/id\/ eprint\/16200\/?fbclid=IwAR 2HfxjbfDm9LHEw-J_bd1YeDoturtH6Y1PQOtv9rJEXgNF_aviCOimcflM<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Chisumpa, V.S.,\u00a0Odimegwu, C.O. and\u00a0Saikia Nandita. <\/strong>(2019).\u00a0Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: What is killing adults aged 15-59 years in Zambia?. Vienna Institute of demography working paper, 04\/2019.WP2019_04<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia Nandita. <\/strong>and Kulkarni P. M. (2017). Tracking SDGs on Health and Nutrition Metrics: India Needs Data Revolution. Observer Research Foundation Occasional Paper (prepared for NITI Ayog, Government of India).\u00a0http:\/\/www.orfonline.org\/research\/an-assessment-of-indias-readiness-for-tracking-sdg-targets-on-health-and-nutrition\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Saikia Nandita<\/strong>, Saha, A, Bora, J.K., and Joe, W. (2016). IMMIGRATION FROM BANGLADESH TO ASSAM<\/a> Working paper no 91. ISSN 0976-271X published by IMDS project, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, New Delhi.<\/p>\n

Hussain, Z.\u00a0Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>and Bora R.S. (2012). Opportunities and challenges of the health management information system in India: a case study of Uttarakhand. MPRA Paper No. 40014, posted 11. July 2012 13:57 UTC https:\/\/mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de\/40014 \/1\/MPRA_ paper_40014.pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Canudas-Romo, V., and Saikia, Nandita. <\/strong>(2013). \u201c<\/strong>The gender gap in life expectancy in India 1970-2006\u201d working paper no 322, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.\u00a0http:\/\/www.iegindia.org \/upload\/publication\/Workpap\/wp322.pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Jasilionis, D., Ram, F., and Shkolnikov, V. (2010). \u201cEstimates of mortality under age 60 in India and its states, 1970-2004\u201d MPIDR Technical Report\u00a0<\/em>TR-2010-006, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.\u00a0http:\/\/www.demogr.mpg. de\/papers\/ technicalreports\/tr-2010-006.pdf\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Jasilionis, D., Ram, F., and Shkolnikov, V. (2009). \u201cTrends in geographic mortality differentials in India\u201d. A working paper in Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Germany WP-2009-13. http:\/\/www.demogr.mpg.de\/papers\/working\/wp-2009-013.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Policy\/research Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita<\/strong>., Kumar, Krishna, Bora, Jayanta Kumar, Singh, S., Mondal, S., Agrawal. S. (November 2022). Socio-economic and regional disparity in immunisation coverage of children in India. Research_brief_No22 (1)<\/a>IIPS Research Brief. Number 22.<\/p>\n

Saikia, Nandita., <\/strong>Singha Dhiraj, Singh Divyanshi, Yog Lakshya , Pandey Pragati, Mukherjee, S., Chatterjeee & Sharma, Kaushal. (2017). <\/strong>Tourism in Nagaon: Ptential and challenges.\u00a0\u00a0 Souvenir Mahabahu (Namami Brahmaputra), Published by District Administration, Nagaon, Assam.<\/p>\n

Hussain, Z. Saikia Nandita<\/strong>., and Bora R.S. (2013). Challenges in HMIS in India: A case study of Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand. Policy Brief Institute of Economic Growth; 1\/2013. http:\/\/162.144.90.128\/IEGIndia\/upload\/pdf\/IEGpolicybriefNo1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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