Researchers from the Columbia University have published a study asserting that the 2000 census shows that the male-female sex ratio is skewed among U.S. born children of Indian parents, as well as with Korean and Chinese parents living in the U.S.
In India it is illegal to use tests or ultrasound to determine the gender of a fetus, but sex-selective abortion continues and is growing at an alarming rate. The United States has no laws against aborting a fetus based on gender.
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from: The Times of India
NEW DELHI: UK, Canada and now the US — India’s obsession with sons seems to be going much beyond its borders. So is its skewed sex ratio.
An analysis of the 2000 United States Census has found a son-biased sex ratio among US-born children of Indian parents, with the odds of a boy increasing if the previous offspring is a girl.
If the first is a girl, the sex ratio is 114 boys for 100 girls. The male bias is particularly evident among Indian parents when it comes to the third child: If the first two children are girls, the ratio becomes 198 boys for 100 girls.
