recent statistics for female infanticide in Tamil Nadu?

Question

please send recent statistics in the form of charts/pie diagrams/bar diagrams,etc for female infanticide in Tamil Nadu. also, please suggest any govt website for the same.

Answer 1

India is a patriarchal society in which a cultural bias against women has contributed to frequent cases of female infanticide, particularly in poor and rural areas. In South India, the state of Tamil Nadu is a particular area of concern due to indirect demographic evidence that suggests that the practice has increased, here, in recent years (George, Sabu M.). Female infanticide is prevalent throughout the state, particularly in the districts of Salem, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, and Madurai (Aravamudan,1999). In 1995, a study indicated that the number of girls who died soon after birth was three times greater than the number of boys (George, Sabu M.). In Dharmapuri, almost 3000 girls reportedly died immediately after birth between 1994 and 1997 (Aravamudan, 1999). Female infanticide is practiced by many different castes, indicating a bias against females throughout the social hierarchy.

Female infanticide is leading to an ever-increasing imbalance in the sex ratio. According to census statistics, the number of female children per male children in India has dropped from 972 girls per 1000 males in 1901 to 929 girls per 1000 males in 1991, and continues to decrease (www.gendercide.org). The disparities between female and male mortality among the children in these regions reflect a deep-seated preference for sons. "Sons are called upon to provide the income; they are the one's who do most of the work in the fields. In this way they are looked to as a type of insurance" (Porras, 1996, p.1). Sons are believed to secure the family's economic future. Women who fail to produce a son are often subject to ridicule and abuse, or are cast out of their husand's home to return to their family in shame.

Female children are looked upon as a burden on the family. This notion is perpetuated by the low status of women in society, as well as the dowry system in which a bride's family is expected to give large sums of money and goods to the husband's family with which she will live after marriage. Though prohibited by law, this practice has been adopted by all castes. Those at the lowest rungs of the social and economic hierarchy feel obligated to try to emulate the wealthier members of society. A small dowry is believed to bring shame upon the family. Because even a modest dowry price can bring financial hardship on a family, female infanticide is often considered the only option. Another factor that contributes to the undesireability of females in Indian society is the purity-pollution concept (Porras, 1996).

The hierarchy of castes is such that one's "pureness" is believed to decrease with lower social status. Women are considered more "polluted" than the men of their castes because of menstruation and childbirth, which are considered to be dirty and "polluting" (Porras, 1996). The low status of women is further aggravated by their inaccess to education. Less than two out of five women in India are literate, and 41% of Indian girls under the age of fourteen do not attend school (Surendar, 2000).

Because women are accorded such low value in Indian society, the female children who are allowed to live are at great risk of neglect and discrimination. Many parents do not even hide their contempt for their daughters, naming them Venda (don't want) or Poddum Pennu (enough of daughters) (George, Sabu M.). According to UNICEF, Indian girls are taken to health centers less often and receive less food and clothing than boys (Surendar, 2000). The National Family Health Survey indicates that the risk of dying between the ages of one and five is 43% higher for girls (Surendar, 2000). Sex-selective abortion is also on the rise, particularly in urban centers. With ultrasound, amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling, fetal sex determination is available, as is selective abortion, to those who can afford it. Today, mobile ultrasound units are even travelling to rural areas (George, Sabu M.). Studies indicate that thousands of female fetuses are aborted each year, in India, following prenatal sex determination.

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/femaleinfanticide.html

Answer 2

ummm do you always ask others todoyour homework for you?

Surely if you are needing a pie chart bar graph or other diagram you know how to convert the information in a graph for yourself.

Come on... Do your work.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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