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Why is unfavorable female sex ratio found in India and other South Asian countries?

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In India and South Asian countries. female sex ratio is low due to:
(i) Widespread gender discrimination.
(ii) High mortality rate of female child durning birth.
(iii) Lower socio-economic status of women.
(iv) High female iritant mortality due to negligence and luck of medical facilities.
(v) Preference to reale child which results in high female foeticide and female interiticide.
(vii) Domestic violence against women.
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