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Sex Ratio Complexity in Selected States: A Tentative Observation
Sex ratio is one of the important indicators reflecting the status of girl child as well as women in Indian society. This paper makes an attempt in examining complex trends of sex ratio at the district level in selected states. State level data may not be considered truly representative as district...
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Journal of Exclusion Studies
2016
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006226.pdf |
| Summary: | Sex ratio is one of the important indicators reflecting the status of girl child as
well as women in Indian society. This paper makes an attempt in examining
complex trends of sex ratio at the district level in selected states. State level
data may not be considered truly representative as district level data reveals
a paradoxical situation. A close examination of 2011 census data reveals that
some districts are much below the State average; whereas, other districts
show low sex ratio. These trends require explanation different from State level
average. It has been argued that sex ratio variations at the district level or
even below district level may provide us better insights than the conventional
understanding of the State level averages. This may have implications
for policy and planning in order to address the social problems of gender
discrimination. In this background, we have comparatively analysed seven
states of India viz. Haryana, Rajasthan, J&K, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Tamil
Nadu and Kerala, as states of north and west are notorious for discrimination
against women, the manifestation of which is apparent through the sex ratio
of respective states. And now this serious problem is also making its inroad
into southern and eastern states too. This phenomenon is supported by
advancement in reproductive technologies and their use for sex determination
and elimination of unwanted female foetus, which is responsible for adversely
increasing gender disparity as reflected through child sex ratio in India, which
is negating the notion of woman empowerment rather contributing in declining
the status of women and girl child. It has been shown in the paper that in best
performing states there are worst performing district, which are comparable to
states and districts with low sex ratio and vice-versa. |
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| Physical Description: | p.30–49 Vol. 6 No. 1, February 2016, |