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Skewed sex ratio may become a reality in Orissa [1]

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's sex ratio of 972 females per 1,000 males looks comfortable. But, if the sex ratio of the child population in the age group 06 years is taken into account, it shrinks to only 953 girl child per 1,000 boys. Here lies the nagging problem. The problem of sex determination and female foeticide.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
People [3], Population [4], Tribals [5], Family Planning [6], Orissa (Odisha) [7], Keonjhar (T) [8], Nabarangpur (T) [9], Rourkela [10], New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
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