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Sex ratio in the country has always remained unfavourable to females. What are its reasons?

Answer:

(i) Preferential treatment is given to a male child and female children get neglected in most Indian homes.

(ii) The infant mortality rate in India is high and female infant mortality rate is still higher.

(iii) 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.