This study revisits the regional and socio-economic pattern of masculinisation of Child Sex Ratios (CSR), Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Sex Ratio at Last Birth (SRLB) by using successive rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS). Although the masculinisation of CSR continues in many Indian states as well as in different socio-economic settings, a tremendous change in previously established patterns of CSR can be observed from the findings. District-level analysis presents intra-state variation in CSR, SRB and SRLB, which helps in identifying the emerging ‘hotspots’ of the problem. The decline in preference for a son and rise in skewed CSR, SRB and SRLB invites the attention of researchers towards drawbacks in the method of measurement of preference for a son as people are now more aware of the legal consequences of sex-selective abortions and underreport the same.

本研究使用连续几轮的全国家庭健康调查 (NFHS)，重新审视了儿童性别比 (CSR)、出生性别比 (SRB) 和上次出生性别比 (SRLB) 男性化的区域和社会经济模式。尽管在印度的许多邦以及不同的社会经济环境中，企业社会责任的男性化仍在继续，但从调查结果中可以观察到先前建立的企业社会责任模式发生了巨大变化。地区级分析显示了 CSR、SRB 和 SRLB 的州内差异，这有助于确定问题的新“热点”。对儿子的偏好下降和不平衡的企业社会责任上升，