Intensifying son preference and declining sex ratio in India

Indian Journal of Social Work

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Samaiyar, Priyajit ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

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