Measuring sex-selective abortion: How many women abort?
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Sex ratio; Sex-selective abortion; Missing girls; Measurement; India;All these keywords.
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- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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