Daughter elimination in Tamil Nadu, India: A tale of two ratios

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 961-990

  Srinivasan, Sharada ^a   Bedi, Arjun Singh ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; INFANT MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 52649138981     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802150755     Document Type: Article

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