TY - BOOK ID - 128219417 TI - Sex ratio patterns in the Indian population : a fresh exploration PY - 2000 SN - 8170368677 0761993924 PB - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks (Calif.) : Sage Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Sex distribution (Demography) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:128219417 AB - This important book examines the declining female-male ratio in India. Based on census data for age groups 0-4 and 5-9 years, the author looks at the situation in India as a whole and then at the experience in different regions and states. The excess female child mortality is shown to be the major factor in declining sex ratio. ER -