Abstract
Sex preference is highly dominated in India and its adjacent South Asian countries. The present study examines the pattern, prevalence, and determinants of sex preference for an extra child at India's national and regional levels. For this study, we have utilized the secondary data of the Indian Human Development Survey-II. Bivariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were carried out to understand the difference of sex preference for an extra child by selected background variable- prevalence of sex preference almost 40% in India. Sex preference is higher among women who have three alive children, where the son's preference is more who have at least four living children. Son preference is decreasing with the increase of women's educational levels. On the contrary, sex preference is more among lower age at marriage. The odds of sex preference are higher among those above bachelor's degrees than those with no formal education. On the contrary, sons' preference is higher who completed their primary education than those who have no education. Sex preference, especially son's preference, directly or indirectly affects on sex ratio. Therefore, Government should focus on an awareness program and make some policies for a venerable woman identified in this study.
Highlights
The sex ratio is a useful and practical measure for determining the relative excess or deficiency of males and females in a population at any given period
During the second round of the India Human Development Survey, threefifths of the women were currently working for pay/wages, and the age at marriage below 23 was very high
About 73 percent of women chose their husbands by parents/ other relatives alone, and most women from Hindu (82.2%) religion followed by Muslims
Summary
The sex ratio is a useful and practical measure for determining the relative excess or deficiency of males and females in a population at any given period. Sex preference is broadly dominated in India and other South Asian countries Arnold et al (2002), Clark (2000), Barman and Sahoo (2021). Son preference is one of the fearful traditions in India, which can be a common attribute of couples, who have an only girl child, is associated with the disregarded and dead of millions of females through the infanticide, under nutritional status, lack of medical care, and sex-selective abortion Arnold et al (2002), Mitra (2014). Spouse education No education Primary International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH Percentage (%). 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Above 49 Spouse education No education Primary Secondary Higher secondary Bachelors Above bachelors Type of residence Yes No. Age at marriage Below 18 18-22 23-27 Above 27.
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