Deficit of women in India: magnitude, trends, regional variations and determinants
Deficit of women in India: magnitude, trends, regional variations and determinants
Visaria, L.
National Medical Journal of India 15(Suppl): 19-25
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0970-258X
PMID: 12047128
An article is presented discussing the possible factors leading to a deficit of women in the population of India. Factors discussed include under-enumeration of women in censuses, sex-selective migration, sex ratio at birth, female feticide, and sex differentials in mortality.