On 10-Apr-11 3:50 PM, Bernhard Krieger wrote: > Udhay, how much of a "financial burden" do you expect your daughter will be > when she comes into marriageable age in, say, 15+ years considering the > current sex ratio and considering that the topic will be more prominent in > the 2020s?
I don't expect her to be a financial burden, actually. Was that your point? > Wouldn`t you be more worried if your son had difficulties to find a nice, > smart, educated, etc. girl-friend / wife? > > Isn`t dowry a set of exchanges that might one day tip "in favour" for > daughters once people start to observe difficulties in their neighbourhood / > kingroup to find wifes? Some piece of this is already happening, and has been happening for a while. I wonder how long it will be before it shows up in sex ratios. Some more (generally depressing) background reading: 1. A Socio-cultural Study of the Declining Sex Ratio in Delhi and Haryana, http://nipccd.nic.in/reports/esratio.pdf 2. Effect of Low Sex Ratio on Marriage Practices: A Study in Punjab, http://nipccd.nic.in/reports/rcl_lsr.doc 3. The Daughter Deficit — Exploring Declining Sex Ratios in India, http://publicwebsite.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?PublicationID=778 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
