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PERCEPTION REGARDING BIRTH OF A FEMALE CHILD: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN KANPUR CITY

Aparna Padhye, Yaswant K Rao, Supriya Rastogi, Tanu Midha, Anita Soni, Ankita Taneja, G. N. Dwivedi

Abstract


The present study was conducted in order to observe the actual reaction of the society to the birth of a girl child and assess whether there was a male preference prevalent in the society. A cross-sectional survey was done on 187 pregnant women who gave birth to a child, at Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, Kanpur, using a pre designed questionnaire to measure the various attributes related to the nutritional intake.

About 55.4 % mothers were happy with the girl child but 78.8% were happy for the boy child. Although 71.9% of the grandparents were happy for their granddaughters, 97% were happier for the grandson in the family. And among the couples with birth order of >2, about 52.8% had planned pregnancy, 89.9% didn’t have previous elective abortion and 90.9% didn’t get pre sex determination done. The study reveals that there is a male preference in the Indian society.


Keywords


Female Birth, Female Child, Male Preference, Female Child Birth, Perception of Child Birth, Child Birth Cross-sectional study

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