Open AccessChild sex ratio - declining trend: Reasons and consequences
Author(s) -
Neethu George,
Rock Britto,
R Abhinaya,
M Archana,
A S Aruna,
Manu Narayan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-6126
pISSN - 2349-6118
DOI - 10.32677/ijch.v8i10.3091
Subject(s) - sex ratio , tamil , male to female , sex selection , demography , psychology , operational sex ratio , developmental psychology , medicine , sociology , population , linguistics , philosophy , retrospective cohort study
Child sex ratio (CSR) and over all sex ratio have found to be the important indicator to examine the social commitment against female child. According to census 2011, CSR has been decreased from 927 to 919 in 2011. Many researchers have reported that the sex ratio at birth is in favor of males and the low sex ratio is found to be due to the sex selection strategies of the parents. Despite the higher mortality preponderance for male child, the females were having a decreased ratio during childhood years. Gender discrimination and female infanticide have found to be the important factor responsible for the low CSR. This article tries to shed light into the issue among the states of India, giving a special attention to the state of Tamil Nadu and proposes few remedial measures.