Trends in missing females at birth in India from 1981 to 2016: analyses of 2·1 million birth histories in nationally representative surveys
Summary: Background: Half of the world's missing female births occur in India, due to sex-selective abortion. It is unknown whether selective abortion of female fetuses has changed in recent years across different birth orders. We sought to document the trends in missing female births, particul...
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Main Authors: | Nandita Saikia, PhD (Author), Catherine Meh, MSc (Author), Usha Ram, ProfPhD (Author), Jayanta Kumar Bora, MSc (Author), Bhaskar Mishra, MA (Author), Shailaja Chandra, MSc (Author), Prabhat Jha, ProfDPhil (Author) |
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2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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