Female Infanticide in Tamil Nadu: Some Evidence

This paper reports and discusses evidence from a field survey on the existence of the practice of female infanticide in Tamil Nadu. Primary health centre records analysed provide strong corroborative evidence that the phenomenon is not, as earlier thought, confined to a few blocks of Madurai and Sal...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 1997-04, Vol.32 (17), p.WS21-WS28
Main Authors: Sheela Rani Chunkath, Athreya, V. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Death
Health surveys
Infant mortality rates
Infanticide
Infants
Mortality
Reproduction
Review of Women Studies, April 1997
Sex ratio
Womens studies
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Summary:This paper reports and discusses evidence from a field survey on the existence of the practice of female infanticide in Tamil Nadu. Primary health centre records analysed provide strong corroborative evidence that the phenomenon is not, as earlier thought, confined to a few blocks of Madurai and Salem districts but is seen in an almost contiguous belt from Madurai to North Arcot Ambedkar districts of Tamil Nadu.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846