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Child sex ratio plunges in island city [1]

Are the well-heeled denizens of the island city more prejudiced against the girl child than those living in the suburbs? The Census 2011 data on the dropping child sex ratio across Mumbai seems to suggest so.
The island city

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Sanjeev Shivadekar [2]
Times Of India (Mumbai) [3]
Tags:
Maharashtra [4], Population [5], Health [6], Census 2011 [7], Children [8]
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