Sex selective feticide in India.
Regarding sex selective abortion in India, all are aware of exclusive female disadvantage. And yet few study reported sizeable selective male feticide as such. This exercise reveals that: (1) the age-old son-preference has slightly declined on the end of the twentieth century, and (2) a substantial selective male feticide are also being committed annually, of course, along with larger selective female feticide.
Seth
Swapan
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Department of Business Administration, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. swaseth56@yahoo.co.in
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012743:Sex Preselection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012744:Sex Ratio