Sex ratio in the country has always remained unfavourable to females. What are its reasons?
Answer:
- Preferential treatment is given to a male child and female children get neglected in most Indian homes.
- The infant mortality rate in India is high and female infant mortality rate is still higher.
- Women generally have lower social, political and economic status in the Indian society. We find dowry deaths, opposition to widow remarriages and low nutritional levels in women.