title: Sex selective feticide in India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. swaseth56@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Swapan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seth
mesh_terms: 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