Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data

Objectives To quantify trends in changing sex ratios of births before and after the legalisation of abortion in Nepal. While sex-selective abortion is common in some Asian countries, it is not clear whether the legal status of abortion is associated with the prevalence of sex-selection when sex-sele...

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Main Authors: Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2013-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/5/e002612.full
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