Hindu, 12, 18, 26, 64–65, 69, 76–77, 79–80, 83, 99, 106–107, 115–116, 141, 144, 152, 154, 163, 165, 180, 182, 194, 201–202, 212, 214, 219, 220, 231, 234

HIV. See human immunodeficiency virus

household decision-making, 35–36, 41

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 7–8

hypergamy, 11, 26

immunization, 21, 30, 23, 54–55, 110, 152, 176–198

infanticide, 27, 36, 148, 243

Indo-Aryan, 12, 42–43, 68, 86, 180

intra-household resource allocation, 9, 21–23, 33–36

Iran, 7

Japan, 7

juvenile sex ratio, 2–4, 10, 21, 26, 28–29

Khanna Study, 24–25

labor force participation, 10, 13, 20–21, 42–43, 68, 78, 87, 122, 158, 163, 180, 201–203

language, 12, 68–70, 86, 108–109, 122–123, 180–181, 203, 215, 222, 262–266

lower sex ratio at birth, 6–7

Magadh kingdom, 12, 263

Malawi, 7

media exposure, 18, 26, 34, 108, 122–123, 142, 158, 169, 181, 197, 203, 214–215, 222

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971, 15

mobility

economic, 26, 34

geographic, 10, 108, 34, 69, 78, 142, 169

social, 26

modernization, 26, 34–36

Mosley-Chen child mortality framework, 34–36, 54, 241

mother tongue. See language

murder, 12–13

Muslim, 18, 64–65, 69, 76–77, 79–80, 83, 99, 106–107, 115–116, 142, 144, 152, 154, 163, 165, 180, 182, 192, 194, 201–202, 212, 214, 219–220, 231, 234

native language. See language

North India, 11, 21, 215

north/south dichotomy, 12

nutrition, 9, 21–24, 30, 54–55, 58, 219

parental age gap, 7

Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act of 1994, 3–4, 16, 245

enforcement of, 3–4, 243–246

random-effects models, 46–48, 53, 141, 152, 162