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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2013-05-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/5/e002612.full |
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