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Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in about 150 words: Trends of Infant Mortality Rate among Females.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 10 marks
  • Population Dynamics

Demography begins here from a biological regularity: female infants are hardier than male, being less vulnerable to birth complications, infection and congenital defect. In any population free of discrimination, female infant mortality is therefore lower than male. Where India's female Infant Mortality Rate has equalled or exceeded the male rate, that is prima facie evidence…

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  • What the convergence proves — and what it does not
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