Sex-ratio at birth in families with previous girls is worse than those with a boy. Our aim was to prospectively study in a large maternal and child unit sex-ratio against previous birth sex and use of traditional medicines for sex selection. Sex-ratio among mothers in families with a previo...
Prabhat Jha and colleagues report a low female-to-male sex ratio in India (759/1000) on the basis of a large national survey. They rule out other causes of this imbalance and conclude that it is likely to be due to prenatal sex determination by ultrasound followed by selective abortion of...
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Understanding the sex ratio in India: A simulation approach The highly masculine sex ratio in India has increased substantially in the twentieth century, in contrast to most other countries in the world. Competing a... P Griffiths,MA Hinde - 《Demography》 被引量: 91发表: 2000年 ...
In the birth statistics since 1990, we find a four-point increase in the sex ratio at birth for mothers born in India, attributable particularly to an increase at higher birth orders, mirroring findings reported for India. This suggests that sex-selective abortion is occurring among mothers born...
The purpose of this study is explore several socio-economic factors associated with sex ratio at birth and the influencing factors in the family dynamics of major states of India. We use quantitative secondary data collected from statistical databases like India Human Development Survey, 2010 and Cen...
The new technology has aggravated the social problem of bias against girl child and continues to have caused the drastic reduction in the proportion of female children. This paper critically evaluates the underlying factors responsible for the skewed sex ratio in India, reviews the inadequate public ...
Newborns were monitored for congenital malformations in four government hospitals located in high-level (ambient dose >1.5 mGy/year) and normal-level (¤ 1.5 mGy/year) natural radiation areas of Kerala, India, from August 1995 to December 2012. Sex ratio at birth (SRB) among live singleton ne...
This paper examines if the skewed sex ratio in India is associated with trafficking of girls. Using panel data from twenty-nine Indian states from 1980 to 2011, the study finds that a 100-unit increase in the child sex ratio is associated with a 0.635 percent increase in girl trafficking. ...
Detection of Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason) biotype 1 in Kodagu District, Karnataka, South India The female to male sex ratio of their F, was close to 3:1 in TN 1, these results clearly indicated the prevalence of genetically homogeneous biotype ... Kumar, L. Vijay...