A Sociological Analysis of Female Infant Mortility in Rural Haryana
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1996
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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar
Abstract
lnfant mortality is considered to be a very sensitive index of the health status of a commununity .
mamly infant is suceptible to all the adverse factors m the environment in a stage when it
has no power of resistance A high level of infant mortality signifies waste ages of effon and
investment in rearing children Infant mortality rate in India is higher than that m other
developed countries~ of that of female in fant mortality is still higher sex ratio in this favour of
males The fall m the number of females per 1000 males from 934 m 1981 929 in1991
has evolved widespread concern about the underlying trend in sex~differentlyi monthly
and the possible contribution of alligedly widespread female infanticide following ammocen
tesis. The girl child mortality (2 .81 %) is more than mare child mortality (2 .63%1) (lrudaya
Rajan S; Mishra_ US. Navan eetham K. 1992)
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Rural Sociology