Female Foeticide: Myth and Reality : 374 Case History of Women who Have Undergone Femal Foeticide in Punjab, India |
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Bathinda district boys carry family name Caste L-Lower Caste-L Caste-U Chi-Square Test Chi-Square Test Caste daughters desire district Educated 302 Education ILT-Illiterate female child female children female foeticide operation Financial Status P-Poor Fn.Stat-M gender bias giving birth gurudwara H-Hindu Hindu Hoshiarpur district husband ideal family Illiterate 71 in-laws induced abortions istari Istri Sehat Sabhas joint family know the sex large number level of decision lower caste M-Middle male child Mansa district married mother mother should know number of children preference to male pregnancy psyche pucca Punjab questionnaire R-Rich reasons Religion S-Sikh Religion-S Religion-H religious advocacy Religious Status repeat female foeticide Respondents Percentage sex determination sex ratio Sikh social society Stat-M Fn Stat-R U-Upper unborn child undergone female foeticide upper caste woman Yes/No If yes ਹਾਂ/ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਕੀ ਕੁੜੀ ਕੋਈ ਗਰਭ ਘਰ ਜਾਂ ਜੇਕਰ ਹਾਂ ਤਾਂ ਤੇ ਤੋਂ ਦਾ ਦੀ ਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਲਈ