The Female Child Deficit: Its Causes and I mpending Consequences in Indian Perspective

T Chandrasekarayya; N Cendrayudu

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v12i2.23.1

Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-11

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The Female Child Deficit: Its Causes and I mpending Consequences in Indian Perspective

T Chandrasekarayya¹, N Cendrayudu²

¹Associate Professor, Dept. of Population Studies& Social Work, S.V.University, Tirupati, A.P, 517502
²Associate Professor,Dept. of Geography, S.V.University, Tirupati, 517502, A.P

Received Date:12 May 2023, Accepted Date:28 September 2023

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

The female children are equally important apart from male children of any country. It donated as Sex composition of Child population (0-6 Years), which is basic demographic characteristics. The deficit in girl children will have many implications, the most fundamental being to define the limits of the society’s reproductive potentials. Further, the existing sex composition of children is also the basic demographic determinants of births, deaths and marriages in future. Moreover, future migration rates, work force and all other population characteristics can be influenced by the ratio between the sexes of children at present. The present aims to examine deficit of girl children and its causes along with upcoming consequences in India based on secondary data collected from census apart from others and suggestions are given for advocacy as well as policy matters.

Keywords: Gils Child, Discrimination, Son Preference, Neglect of Girls, Sex Selective Abortion

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