Indian Gendercide: A Great Threat to Security

Gursharan Kainth ()

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Abstract: The result of 2011 census of India is almost all heartening. Literacy is up; life expectancy is up; family size is stabilizing. But there is one grim exception- India’s already skewed infant sex ratio is getting worse. India counted only 914 girls aged six and under for every 1,000 boys or 75.8m girls and 82.9m boys. This sex ratio is the worst in the recorded history of the modern Indian.

Keywords: sons; boys; west bengal; young women; Indian; census 2011; India; literacy; life expectancy; family size; infant sex ratio; girls; aged; boys; north; north west; sons; cultural preferance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04
Note: Current Affairs
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