Characteristics of Sex-Ratio Imbalance in India, and Future Scenarios
Christophe Z. Guilmoto

“For multiple reasons, India’s experience is crucial to understanding the current increase in the proportion of males versus females in populations across Asia. First, rising sex ratios in India have been recorded since the early 1980s, and have since continued increasing with no sign, so far, of reversing course. The impact of this early rise is already visible among the adult population of several Indian districts. Second, even if sex-ratio values in India are still beneath those of China, its potential contribution to the overall “masculinization” of Asia (and, consequently, of the world’s population) is particularly formidable in view of…”

Link: http://www.unfpa.org/gender/docs/studies/india.pdf

Sex Ratio: India’s Score
Blogger: SquibIndia

“Pick up any Sunday tabloid and the chances are very high that in there you’ll find a sensational article on the sexual-preferences of the urban male/female. Yours truly’s blog here doesn’t offer any of that. Instead, its aim is to bring a not so prominent piece of reality to your notice.

Hypocrisy:
Phrases like ‘India, a world leader’, ‘India shining’, ‘India liberated’ etc don’t seem that bright once you look at one particular aspect of India’s demographic details: The Sex Ratio.”

Link: http://squibindia.blogspot.com/2007/09/sex-ratio-indias-score.html