Question

Mentioned any factors responsible for decline of childrens sex ratio​

Answer 1

Answer:

Factors responsible for the decline in sex ratio in India: (i) Sex specific abortion - foeticide. (ii) Female infanticide. (iv) Severe neglect of infants -girls.

Answer 2

Increasing crimes against women, sex determination, etc are major factors behind the decline of children's sex ratio.

Explanation:

• There are multiple factors that can be held responsible for the decline in children’s sex ratio.
• The major factor responsible for this change is the blatant ignorance of rules. Even though determining child sex is banned in India, many medical practitioners and people still do that.
• Another major reason is the increasing frequency and heinousness of crimes against women.
• Female foeticide and child sex determination is still prevalent which is the reason behind many abortions.
• Concepts such as dowry, Parda Pratha, etc are still existent and result in bad conditions of women.