Sterilization for men and women is the most commonly used contraceptive method both in India at large and in Uttar Pradesh.
Violence is generally interpreted as physical, sexual and mental abuse of individuals.
We use data from the 1981 and 1991 censuses of India to examine (a) sex ratios among infants aged under 2, (b) child mortality (q5) by sex, and (c) estimated period sex ratios at birth (SRB) calculated by reverse survival methods, to see whether bias against female children pers