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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...
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...
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. ...
This is inconsistent with previous suggestions that Asian populations have a higher "natural" sex ratio at birth. 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 ...
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...
Falling Sex Ratio and Health Deprivation of Women in India: An Interface between Resource, Culture and Gender 来自 学术范 喜欢 0 阅读量: 116 作者:K Sarap,S Das,M Nagla 摘要: This paper highlights the socio-cultural variables that reduce the role of women in decision-making, both within ...
Sex ratio and reproductive performance of the female crab, Scylla serrata was studied for two years in Coringa mangroves. The crab was a continuous breeder with peak season in winter months (October, November and December). The overall sex ratio of male to female was 1:1.09 with the highest...
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...
This paper examines recent trends in sex ratio at birth in all the major states of India, based on three rounds of the National Family Health Survey. It finds evidence of an increase in the ratio, particularly at the second-order birth among women having a first daughter in many states in...