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Would you be happy with a girl-child?

February 22, 2007 19:22 IST
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Indian women continue to face pressure to produce a male child, reveals a government survey released on Wednesday.

India's [ Images ] latest census data show that the preference for boys has skewed the gender ratio in the population of more than 1.1 billion people. Experts say that sex-selective abortions are responsible for the number of girls per 1,000 boys slipping from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001.

Would you be happy with a girl-child? Tell us.