Female gender discrimination related to cultural preference for males is a common global
problem, especially in Asian countries. Numerous laws intended to prevent discrimination
on the basis of gender have been passed in India, yet the distorted female-to-male sex ratio
seems to show worsening tendencies. Using detailed, two-year longitudinal chart
abstraction data about delivery records of a private mission hospital in rural India, we
explored if hospital birth ratio data differed in comparison to regional data, and what …