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Why Most Indian Adoptees Are Girls in a Society that Prefers Sons: Unpacking a Demographic Paradox
In contemporary India, a persistent preference for sons is evident in adults’ declarations, contraceptive behavior, selective abortion of female fetuses, and postnatal sex discrimination. Yet, paradoxically, since at least the 2000s most children adopted are girls. This article investigates this par
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