Trends of Imbalance in Child Sex Ratio of Gujarat, India (original) (raw)

2015, International Journal of Health Sciences and Research

Background: Like the sex composition of the total population, the sex composition by age groups is vital for studying the demographic trends of young population, its future patterns and particularly, the status of the girl child. At the Census 2011, sex ratio of the population in the age group 0-6 years has been registered as 914, in India, declining from 927 in 2001 and 945 in 1991. The decreasing sex ratio in this age group has a cascading effect on population over a period of time leading to diminishing sex ratio in the country. Aims: To study scenario of female child and comparison of child sex ratio with previous year’s data. Design and Setting: This cross-sectional secondary data analysis study was conducted during November-December 2014. Methods: Study included the data of Indian census 1901 to 2001 and provisional data of census 2011. Study had focused mainly on data of Gujarat and India. Study had systemically searched the data and relevant information from internet, intern...

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