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India’s Sex Ratio Global Health & Healing April 2011 Suffolk University Guest Lecturer: Diane D’Souza
What is a “sex ratio”? The proportion of females to males in a population.  It is calculated as the number of females per thousand males.  It is measured at different points in the life cycle.
What’s a “Normal” Sex Ratio? Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female  under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female  15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female  65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female  total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Source: CIA Factbook; accessed on 20 April 2011 from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html
India’s Missing Girls Today, 2,000 girls a day go missing in India.  That’s 700,000 a year. Demographers estimate that 10 million girlsdisappeared from 1981 to 2005.  Source: P. M. Kulkarni, UNFPA Report: "Estimations of Missing Girls at Birth and Juvenile Ages in India”, United Nations Population Fund, 2007.
How it happens has changed over time: Death of mothers in childbirth. Neglect during early infancy and young childhood. Killing after the female child is born. Illegal sex determination and consequent abortion.
State-wise diversity in sex ratio at birth What might cause these differences? Source: “Seven brothers: An aversion to having daughters is leading to millions of missing girls”, The Economist, 7 April 2011; accessed on 20 April 2011 at: www.economist.com/node/18530371
What contributes to India’s low sex ratio? Females perceived as an economic burden (dowry, marriage costs). Males perceived as providing for one’s parents in old age (and inheriting property). A punishing patriarchal view of female worth—which has been internalized by women.

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India's sex ratio

  • 1. India’s Sex Ratio Global Health & Healing April 2011 Suffolk University Guest Lecturer: Diane D’Souza
  • 2. What is a “sex ratio”? The proportion of females to males in a population. It is calculated as the number of females per thousand males. It is measured at different points in the life cycle.
  • 3. What’s a “Normal” Sex Ratio? Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Source: CIA Factbook; accessed on 20 April 2011 from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html
  • 4. India’s Missing Girls Today, 2,000 girls a day go missing in India. That’s 700,000 a year. Demographers estimate that 10 million girlsdisappeared from 1981 to 2005. Source: P. M. Kulkarni, UNFPA Report: "Estimations of Missing Girls at Birth and Juvenile Ages in India”, United Nations Population Fund, 2007.
  • 5. How it happens has changed over time: Death of mothers in childbirth. Neglect during early infancy and young childhood. Killing after the female child is born. Illegal sex determination and consequent abortion.
  • 6.
  • 7. State-wise diversity in sex ratio at birth What might cause these differences? Source: “Seven brothers: An aversion to having daughters is leading to millions of missing girls”, The Economist, 7 April 2011; accessed on 20 April 2011 at: www.economist.com/node/18530371
  • 8. What contributes to India’s low sex ratio? Females perceived as an economic burden (dowry, marriage costs). Males perceived as providing for one’s parents in old age (and inheriting property). A punishing patriarchal view of female worth—which has been internalized by women.