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. ...
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...
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...
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...
Structure of the egg chorion, sex ratio of male and female and incubation period of Micronecta scutellaris under laboratory conditions were studied. The ha... Sarala M,Venkatesan P - 《Environment & Ecology》 被引量: 2发表: 1998年 加载更多研究...
The sex ratio of Indias population has been on the declining course during the last one century currently indicating a massive deficit of females. Sex ratio trends vary considerably across the regions of India consistent with the degree of gender inequalities in education employment and empowerment in...
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,... - 《Lancet》 被引量: 475发表: 2006年 China's excess males, sex selective abortion, and one child policy:...
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...
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...