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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1984 30(4):237-239; doi:10.1093/tropej/30.4.237
© 1984 by Oxford University Press
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Are Daughters More at Risk Than Sons in Some Societies?*

N. I. Sabir, MB, BS, DCH(Ire) MScMCH(Lond) and G. J. Ebrahim, FRCP (Ed & Glas), DCH(Lond)

Tropical Child Health Unit, Institute of Child Health London

A household survey of 151 families in an urban slum near Lahore (Pakistan) revealed a high preference for sons over daughters. Boys were better nourished than girls and had a lower prevalence of growth failure. During illness parents incurred expense to seek health care for boys more often than for girls. There was a trend for higher mortality amongst girls and more significantly in the age group 1-2 years.


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