Srinivasan, S.

daughter deficit tamil nadu district ratio violence tamil dowry women india birth scheme infanticide daughter elimination daughter deficit table state number family decline salem government marriage post-birth daughter deficit mortality increase infant intervention elimination child sex ratio percent post-birth household information 0-6 sex ratio survey change census effect husband pre-birth daughter deficit group dharmapuri study figure development srinivasan action period cradle baby scheme analysis estimate post-birth deficit paper 0-6 point pre-birth caste death education infant mortality woman population income sex ratios source village parent report health salem district level 1996-1999 specification cradle sex selection madurai discussion infant deaths