Dynamics of child sex ratio in Urban India: A Regional/spatial patterns
Abstract
Most countries in the developing region had high fertility and mortality in the historically due to combination of low child survival and low female education. Over time these countries, including India, have experienced... [ view full abstract ]
Most countries in the developing region had high fertility and mortality in the
historically due to combination of low child survival and low female education. Over
time these countries, including India, have experienced fertility transition with varying
pace and many have reached the replacement level. India has also experienced fertility
decline over time and its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has decreased from the level of 5.2
births per women in 1971 (RGI, 1971) to the level of 2.3 per women in 2013 (RGI,
2013). This decline is not uniform across the country. There is significant diversity
within India in terms of fertility levels and pace of fertility transition. Southern India,
urban areas and higher socio-economic groups have the lowest low fertility (1.3 TFR) as
compared to the North Indian states (Arokiasamy and Goli, 2012). Many demographers
believe that the strong desire to have a son is one of the major causes for the high
fertility among rural Indians (Gupta, 1987, Gupta and Bhat, 1997, Griffiths et. al., 2000,
Guillot, 2002, Sekher and Hatti, 2009, Shekhar and Ram, 2003, Bhat and Zavier, 2003,
Arokiasamy and Goli, 2012 and Yadav et. al., 2013). Crude death rate has decreased
from the level of 42.7 per 1000 midyear population 1881 (Bhat, 1997-1998) to the level
of 7 per 1000 midyear population in 2013 (RGI, 2013). There are many efforts by the
government of address the problem of skewed sex ratio.
Authors
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AJIT YADAV
(INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES, MUMBAI)
Topic Areas
II. Environmental Health 2.1 Disease mapping 2.2 Assessment of the impact of environmental , IV. Behaviors 4.1 Mobilities and health 4.2 Spatial analysis of substance abuse and treatm , VI. Methodologies and technologies 6.1 Methodological issues in health research (e.g., MAU , V. Health indicators, spatial analysis and mapping: new tools, new methods 5.1 Spatial ana , VII. Urban health policies 7.1 Governance and policy frameworks 7.2 Health in all policies
Session
PS-3 » POSTER SESSION 3 (12:15 - Sunday, 3rd April, TBA)
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