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Christians have best sex ratio in India


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Here is some heart-warming news that will bring more cheer at Christmas: the Christian community has again emerged with the best population sex ratio in India. There are 1023 females for every 1000 males among Christians, way ahead of all other communities and the national average of 943.

Hindus and Sikhs have the worst sex ratios at 939 and 903 respectively. This has been linked to widespread sex selection practices which range from female feticide to infanticide. At 951, Muslims have a better sex ratio than Hindus and Sikhs but lagging behind Buddhists (965) and Jains (951).

This information emerges from the religious community-wise population data released by Census 2011 earlier this year.

Unfortunately, the Census office has not yet released other religion-wise details like populations in the 0-6 years age group, educational levels, fertility etc. This prevents any deeper analysis of social characteristics among different religious communities.

But it can safely be assumed that child sex ratios too are parallel to population sex ratios. Otherwise, the consistent trend over last two decades could not have been possible.

As data from 1991 and 2001 Censuses shows, Christians have had healthy sex ratios for decades. Since 1991, their sex ratio has been the best among all religious communities. The community makes up only about three per cent of India's population. Over 40 per cent of Christians live in urban areas compared to just 29 per cent of Hindus.

In fact, all minority religious communities barring Sikhs have a substantially larger urban presence, with 80 per cent of Jains living in cities. It was believed by some experts that this urban character goes hand in hand with better education and less poverty, and this could lead to less sex selection.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Christians-have-best-sex-ratio-in-India/articleshow/50312741.cms

 

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