Nearly 80% of those surveyed said they wanted at least one son in their lifetime, according to the latest figures from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the most comprehensive household survey of Indian society by the government. This preference for sons over daughters - described as "son preference"
Oh fuck off, that's not even a preference, that's just wanting a son.
But the data suggests that the historical preference for boys remains. Over 15% people - 16% men and 14% women - told the surveyors that they wanted more sons than daughters.
That's the actual preference amount, that you buried towards the end of the article.
The NFHS-5 survey, done between 2019 and 2021, shows improvement in the sex ratio from previous years - for the first time, it says, there are more females than males in India.
And yet you're still fucking complaining. Jesus, is "sex ratio" like "diversity" now, is the ideal 0% of a certain someone?
More males being born is natural. I'm not sure you nailed the reason, though. To account for the early death rate of men in a hunter-gatherer state, the ratio would have to be WAY higher than 1.03-1.06. I think the mechanism is a slight increase in viability of male fetuses vs female?
Oh fuck off, that's not even a preference, that's just wanting a son.
That's the actual preference amount, that you buried towards the end of the article.
And yet you're still fucking complaining. Jesus, is "sex ratio" like "diversity" now, is the ideal 0% of a certain someone?
But having more females than males born isn't natural. Because men have a tendency to die young, the ratio slightly favors boys.
More males being born is natural. I'm not sure you nailed the reason, though. To account for the early death rate of men in a hunter-gatherer state, the ratio would have to be WAY higher than 1.03-1.06. I think the mechanism is a slight increase in viability of male fetuses vs female?