Open AccessA hospital-based study on knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women on gender preference, prenatal sex determination and female feticide
Author(s) -
Richa Kansal,
Khan Amir Maroof,
Rani Bansal,
Pawan Parashar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.77263
Subject(s) - preference , medicine , demography , pregnancy , obstetrics , gynecology , genetics , sociology , economics , biology , microeconomics
India has witnessed a decline in sex ratio in the past few decades. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out to find out the attitude toward gender preference and knowledge as well as practice toward prenatal sex determination and female feticide among pregnant women. A majority (66.0%) of the pregnant women did not show any gender preference, followed by male preference (22.2%) and female preference (11.8%). A high proportion, i.e. 84.7% and 89.7%, of the total subjects were aware that prenatal sex determination and female feticide is illegal, respectively.