Diverging stories of son preference in South Asia: a comparison of India and Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, overall sex ratio has declined from 109.6 (males/females) in the 1950s to 100.3 in 2011. Unlike countries with female deficits, the improvement in sex ratio has extended to the under‐5 age group. This has happened in a context where per‐capita income has grown modestly but poverty...

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Autores principales: Huq, Lopita, Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen
Otros Autores: BRAC Development Institute (BDI), BRAC University
Formato: Working paper
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BRAC University 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2610