This paper addresses two main questions: what is the relationship between fertility and sex selection and how does birth spacing interact with the use of sex-selective abortions? I introduce a statistical method that incorporates how sex-selective abortions affect both the likelihood of a son...

Using data from the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-3), this paper analyzes the socioeconomic correlates of sexual behavior, HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma in India. The main findings are that, overall, the Indian population is faithful and abstains from sex with very small variations across...

The Delhi Rape is the most extensively covered rape case in recent Indian history. This report chronicles a media monitoring exercise of rape reporting before the Delhi incident between January 1, 2012 and August 31, 2012 . The report also examines the three-month period after the Delhi Rape in...

This paper studies the misinterpretation of survey data of gender-divided sex behavior in India and argues that the misinterpretation of statistics can mislead policy makers and present challenges in policy making. Some academic and media interpretations have indicated that Indian premarital sex...

Asian countries are undergoing a demographic transition resulting from a combination of low death and birth rates in their populations. This could be partly due to the vigorous promotion of small families by governments in South Asia and Southeast Asia. India adopted the two-child policy in 2004...

These days, the talk about sexual minority rights is growing momentum. Homosexuality has found acceptance in many countries such a United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Most of these countries are economically developed. Whether such a quality is necessary for any society to accept...