Download or read book Sex Ratio Patterns in the Indian Population written by Satish Balram Agnihotri and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 2000 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sex Ratio Patterns in the Indian Population written by Satish Balram Agnihotri and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique book, Dr Agnihotri provides an entirely fresh perspective on the perplexing puzzle of the low and declining proportion of women in the Indian population—927 to 1000—strikingly below the world average of 990 to 1000. The analytical backdrop of the study draws substantially from Amartya Sen`s entitlement framework, cooperative conflict model and capabilities approach to well being. Tracing out the contours of low and high FMR, the study identifies groups (scheduled castes), regions (north-western India) and economic/cultural factors (female work force participation/kinship) that particularly put the girl child at risk as also maps underdeveloped regions which are characterised by high male infant mortality.
Download or read book Rising Sons and Setting Daughters written by Suddhasil Siddhanta and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite century old concern and debate child sex ratio patterns have shown an alarming increase over the last two decades, more so during 1991 to 2001. The pattern of increase in child sex ratio though erratic up to the first half of the last century, shows consistent rise at least since 1961. As these groups are the 'feeder source' of adult population in future, such trend if unchecked, 'will continue to haunt the society in decades to come' until and unless corrective measures are taken. Growing child masculinity in contemporary India and its regional penetration forced the policy makers and demographers to recognize the reality of human interferences behind the recent increase in child sex ratios. Out of the different types of interferences, most talked about is the 'sex selective abortion' that gained currency during 1980s and more so in the 90s. However the practice of sex selective abortion of unwanted foetus is still more pronounced in the north and north western1 part of the country more so in some relatively prosperous areas or among the prosperous households. Employing spatial interpolation technique (say, kriging), the present paper tries to analyze the geographical structure of child sex ratio and its changing pattern over time. The analysis indicates, far from being random, the child sex ratios in India seem to be continuous over space showing robust clustering of high masculinity in child population on one hand and its systematic (spatial) increase on the other. The spread as well as intensity of growing masculinity in child population clearly endorses that from a regional perspective the problem regarding excessive maleness in the population is rapidly being surfaced as a national problem needs to tackle with greater resources. Such spatial patterning of child sex ratios clearly hints that diffusion of sex selection might be well entrenched in Indian population with sufficient degree of regional diversity. The study endorses the importance of contextual policy and advocacy measures to arrest the increasing trend of masculinity as it will affect population dynamics not only in the regional or national context but also in the broader spectrum of international arena. This should be a matter of concern for policy makers, researchers and activists alike.
Download or read book Sex Ratio Patterns Among the Scheduled Castes in India 1981 2001 written by Suddhasil Siddhanta and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ratio of girls to boys (ie. sex ratios) in India reveals excess girl child deficit in comparison with developed and many other developing countries. Masculinisation in the juvenile sex ratio (i.e. f/m ratios) in Indian population further gets momentum during the last decade (Agnihotri 2001, 2002) in the wake of prosperity (Siddhanta et all 2003). Such lowering in f/m ratios cannot be explained away by the popular escape hatches of yesterdays, like - migration, under counting and biological factors, rather indicate the presence of human factors, which point out the change in behavioral pattern in the presence of socio-economic and cultural contexts. Sex ratio patterns in the Indian population show considerable variations by regions, religions, prosperity classes, social groups e.g. scheduled castes and tribes, location i.e. urban or rural and even by age groups. While some of these variations have been given adequate attention in the received literature e.g. the north south divide, many others e.g. variations in the sex ratio patterns among the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes have not. It is important however, to study these patterns so as to understand the nature and evolution of the gender bias that may exist among these groups. The analysis below looks at the sex ratio patterns among the scheduled castes in the country as revealed by the population census data for 2001 and the previous census. Traditionally, the sex ratio patterns among the scheduled castes have been presumed to be more balanced than among the overall population, but the facts even from the 1991 census reveal otherwise. In fact in certain pockets where sex ratios among the overall populations have been masculine, the f/m ratio (FMR) figures among the scheduled castes are also alarmingly low. A comparison of the data from the 1991 and 2001 census shows a disturbing trend of spread of low female to male sex ratio in the child population among the scheduled castes to newer regions and intensification of such masculinity in the existing pockets. What is even more worrying is this emergence of 'daughter dislike' in pockets hitherto assumed to be free from such biases. This should be a matter of serious concern to policy planners, researchers and activists alike.
Download or read book The Sex Ratio of the Population of India written by Pravin M. Visaria and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Discriminations Among Young Children in Asia written by Isabelle Attané and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed papers presented earlier at a conference.
Download or read book Sex Ratio at Birth in India written by P. M. Kulkarni and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Search of Commonalities in the Determinants of Child Sex Ratios in India and People s of Republic of China written by Suddhasil Siddhanta and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child sex ratios pattern in the Asian Population is highly masculine mainly due to birth masculinity and gender bias in child mortality. The vast and the growing literature of female deficit in world population points out the diffusion of child sex ratio pattern in many Asian as well as neighboring European countries. However, little attention has been given to understand the common factors in different demographics in explaining child sex ratio bias. Such a scholarship is extremely important as the level of gender inequity persisting in different regions is contextual. Our paper tries to explain the major structural commonalities in the child masculinity pattern in two demographic billionaires - India and China. The analysis reveals that apart from geographical diffusion of sex selection technology, patrilocal social structure, as proxied by households with more than one generation in China and proportion of population aged 65 years and above in India, can explain significant variation of missing girl child in these two countries. Even after controlling for individual capacity building factors like educational attainment, or work force participation, the measure of social stratification is coming out to be the major determinant of child sex ratio variation. Other socio economic factors that perform much well are the agency building factors of the females, like changing pattern of marriage customs which is proxied by divorce and remarriage ratio for china and percentage of female marrying at or after the age of 20 years in India and the female workforce participation. Proportion of minorities in socio-religious composition of the population and gender bias in scholastic attainment in both these counties are also found to be significant in modeling child sex ratio variations. All these significant common factors associated with child sex ratio point toward the one single most important factor: the historical evolution of patriarchy and its contemporary perpetuation in both the countries. It seems that prohibition of sex selection might not be sufficient to combat the peculiar skewness in child sex ratios. Demand sided policies are therefore utmost important to root out the gender bias in child sex.
Download or read book A Gender Atlas of India written by Radha Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gender Atlas of India is a seminal body of work which comprehensively maps and grades India's performance from 2001 to 2016 on issues of concern for women. Taking into account 8 overall indicators and 28 sub-indicators, it looks at how India is performing on various aspects, including sex ratio, women's education, employment, health, political participation and representation; and prevention of crimes against women. Unlike previous attempts, this book examines the change in India's performance over a 15-year period, compares the situation of women in India to that in its neighborhood and internationally, and rates each Indian state and union territory individually. The findings in this book are both provocative and incentivizing for policymakers--they show that where the central and state governments share concerns India's performance on gender has improved, but where they diverge women's condition has deteriorated even further.
Download or read book Growing Populations Changing Landscapes written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-06-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world's population exceeds an incredible 6 billion people, governmentsâ€"and scientistsâ€"everywhere are concerned about the prospects for sustainable development. The science academies of the three most populous countries have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to understand the linkage between population growth and land-use change, and its implications for the future. By examining six sites ranging from agricultural to intensely urban to areas in transition, the multinational study panel asks how population growth and consumption directly cause land-use change, and explore the general nature of the forces driving the transformations. Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes explains how disparate government policies with unintended consequences and globalization effects that link local land-use changes to consumption patterns and labor policies in distant countries can be far more influential than simple numerical population increases. Recognizing the importance of these linkages can be a significant step toward more effective environmental management.
Download or read book Hundred Years of Juvenile Masculinity in India written by Suddhasil Siddhanta and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the last century, sex ratio (male to female) in India is showing disturbing patterns with relatively fewer numbers of females compared to males. The magnitude of juvenile masculinity has increased since 1980s with no sign of reverse. The time trend of juvenile sex ratio brings out demographic transition type 'sex ratio transition' in Indian population. Using data from the last hundred years, the paper tries to figure out the pattern of sex ratio transition at all India as well as at the state level. Spatial pattern of juvenile sex ratio have been judged and contemporary increase in masculinity have been highlighted. Despite the common wisdom that juvenile sex ratio in India is rising since the last century, the present paper indicates that juvenile masculinity is a long-standing problem of India that gets momentum during the recent period due to demographic as well as socio-economic forces.
Download or read book Implications of Declining Sex Ratio in India s Population written by Asok Mitra and published by Bombay : Allied. This book was released on 1979 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Size and Sex Composition of Population in India 1901 1961 written by Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effect of Infanticide on Sex ratio in an Indian Population written by Kanti Pakrasi and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transforming Unequal Gender Relations in India and Beyond written by Saroj Pachauri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Watering the Neighbour s Garden written by Christophe Guilmoto and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Endangered Daughters written by Elizabeth Croll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world. It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination. This book brings together demographic data and anthropological field studies to reveal the multiple ways in which girls are disadvantaged, from excessive child mortality to the withholding of health care and education on the basis of gender. Focusing especially on China and India, the book reveals the surprising coincidence of increasing daughter discrimination with rising economic development, declining fertility and the generally improved status of women in East and South Asia. Essential reading for all those interested in gender in contemporary society.
