Men
and Women in India
- In several
states in India, 44% of the girls are
married by 18 and become mothers soon
thereafter. In India anemia levels among
adolescent girls are very high in all
states. Promoting later marriages and
delaying the birth of first child are
two strategies that will give girl a
chance to build her own health and
produce healthy children.
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Girl's Age at Marriage and Teenage
Childbearing
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Strong
son preference influences acceptance of
spacing methods.
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Son
preference is increasingly leading to
sex determination tests and the
rejection of the female foetus.
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This
leads to an unbalanced gender ratio,
societal problems and crime against
women.
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Consistent
use of condoms is a man's decision.
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98%
of all sterilizations are performed on
women even when non-scalpel vasectomy is
simple and safe.
These factors
retard efforts to stabilise the population
in a balanced way.
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Percentage of
unmarried girl who are aware of legal
minimum age at marriage.
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Percentage of
education status among unmarried women
(Source: DLHS: 2007-08) |
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Sex Ratio of Female Per 1000 Males, 2001
(Bar Chart)
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Sex Ratio of Female Per 1000 Males, 2001
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