Awareness and practice of sex determination among married women of Ahmedabad district: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

as the number of males per 1000 females. [2] It is an index of male-female (im)balance in a population. One of the basic demographic characteristics of population is the sex composition. The sex composition of population is affected by the differentials in mortality conditions of males and females, sex selective migration, and sex ratio at birth. [1] The sex ratio in the Indian population has been falling consistently. From 972 women per 1000 men in 1901, the sex ratio fell to 940 women per 1000 men in 2011 (India Census 2011). This is a cause for concern as it is a telling indicator of the health and social status of women in society, which has a direct and immediate bearing on other key indicators such as child mortality. [3]

Seroprevalence of Typhoid in Indian Regions: Tertiary Care Hospitals & Diagnostic Laboratories-Based Study

“…In a study by Kapadia R et al had also reported the same reasons for preferring internet over books. [1] In this study significantly, more females than males had decreased time for outdoor activity due to internet, felt sleeplessness due to late night log-in, felt depressed and moody when they were offline from internet and also felt that spending time online was better than going out with friends. Similar study done by Sharma A et al reported that more males than females felt bored without internet, felt sleepless due to online till late night, found internet was better than going out with friends, decreased outdoor activity due to internet.…”

“…Kapadia R et al reported that most of the students had used mobile phone to access the internet and the main purpose used was for entertainment, chatting and also for study purpose. [1] Sulania et al also reported the same purpose of internet use among the students. [10] In most of the studies, mobile phone was used as easy access to internet [13,14] and social networking was the main purpose for using internet.…”

“…It has become an integral part of the day-to-day life of people worldwide. [1] As reported, globally the number of internet users have been increased from 360 million in December 2000 to 4.1 billion in December 2017 and hence the worldwide internet penetration is almost 54.4% of the population. Apparently in Asia, the number has been increased from 114 million internet users in December 2000 to 2.02 billion in December 2017 and the internet penetration is 48.1% of the population.…”