Economic and political weekly/Economic & political weekly · 2009 · 22 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesGender StudiesSociologyFamily DemographyFamily StudiesRural DevelopmentFamily EconomicsGender And FamilyRural Household DemographyRural Sex RatioRural SocietyRural-urban RelationsGender In IndiaGender Roles In FamiliesGendered PovertySex Ratio DeterminantsSex Ratio DifferentialsSex Ratios At BirthSocial Exchange ProcessesUrban-rural Sex Distribution
A study of the micro-level experiences of families in five districts, one each in five states, some of them with the lowest child sex ratios in the country, seeks to explain the complex causes behind the declining ratios by looking at gender and family strategies, shaped by social processes in the urban and rural areas.