Sex-Selective Abortion in India:  The Impact on Child Mortality
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Male Birth Proportion

40

Effect of Sex Selection on Mortality

48

Sample Size Considerations

55

Effect of Sex Selection on Health Care and Morbidity

58

Chapter 5: Characteristics Associated With Male Birth Proportion

59

Sample Characteristics and Bivariate Associations With Male Birth

60

Independent Associations With Male Birth

75

Discussion

86

Chapter 6: The Effect of Prenatal Sex Selection on Gender Differentials in Mortality

89

Propensity Score

90

Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality

93

Child Mortality

110

Changes Over Time in Gender Differentials by Propensity Score

124

Multivariate Analyses

140

Summary of Findings

173

Chapter 7: The Effect of Prenatal Sex Selection on Gender Differentials in Health Care and Morbidity

175

Preventive Care

176

Curative Care

198

Compound Morbidity

216

Summary of Findings

236