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...
The article examines the threat posed by the low number of Indian women and girls compared to Indian men to the partnership between India and the West. Census figures indicate that the sex ratio of children ages 0-6 is now 914 girls per 1,000 boys, or 109.4 boys for every 100 girls. ...
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...
A declining child sex ratio has been one of the important concerns of India's demography. Haryana is a developed state showing a falling trend in the child... R Usha,S Unisa,S Pujari 被引量: 4发表: 2007年 Changing Pattern of Internal Migration in India Although internal migration in India...
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...
During the first month in sex work, such FSWs had higher odds of sexual violence (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 3.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6-6.1), ≥7 clients per day (AOR, 3.3; 1.8-6.1), no use of condoms (AOR, 3.8, 2.1-7.1), and frequent alcohol use (AOR, 1.9; ...
Low male-to-female sex ratio of children born in India: national survey of 1·1 million households SummaryBackground Fewer girls than boys are born in India. Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain this low sex ratio. Our aim was to ascertain th... Prabhat,Jha,and,... - 《Lanc...
India's 2011 census revealed a growing imbalance between the numbers of girls and boys aged 0–6 years, which we postulate is due to increased prenatal sex... Prof Prabhat Jha,MA Kesler,R Kumar,... - 《Lancet》 被引量: 348发表: 2011年 Change in male:female ratio among newborn infants...
To assess sex-specific differentials in child survival from 1992–2011. Methods We analyzed data from the electronic database of Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) site in Ballabgarh in North India. Results Sex ratio at birth was adverse for girls throughout the study period (821 ...
India has both higher levels of illegal trafficking of girls and abnormal child sex ratios in favor of boys. 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...