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Developing countries like India has an adverse sex ratio of less than 1000 while in developed countries it is more than 1000. [Sex ratio: It is the number of females in a country for every 1000 males]
What is/are the possible reason/s with reference to India?
1) Social disadvantages that female face like female foeticide, female infanticide, domestic violence etc.
2) Stopping at one child ie couples restrain themselves from going for second child provided the first child born is male.
Choose the correct code from the following.

1 only.
2 only.
Both.
None of the above.
Explanation:
Close to 10 per cent of Indian households are opting to have only one child as they seek toconcentrate their resources to maximize earning opportunities for their offspring in ascramble for jobs. The trend is most pronounced among educated people in metropolitanareas, research by the Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research shows.
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