DAUGHTER DISCRIMINATION AND FUTURE SEX RATIO AT BIRTH IN INDIA

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-299

  Roy, Tarun K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Aparajita ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

discrimination; India; parity progression ratio; projection; sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

INDIA;

EID: 84866168972     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2012.714669     Document Type: Article

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