<story><title>‘No girls born’ for past three months in area of India covering 132 villages</title><url>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/no-girls-born-india-villages-female-foeticide-sex-selective-abortions-a9015541.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hackathonguy</author><text>The article doesn&amp;#x27;t indicate how the villages were sampled.&lt;p&gt;Suppose a village has a birth rate of 8 babies a year (2 babies every 3 months). There&amp;#x27;s (roughly) a 50% chance the babies will be male and female, 25% chance that they&amp;#x27;re both female and 25% chance that they&amp;#x27;re both male.&lt;p&gt;That means that if you&amp;#x27;re sampling from a district that has 1,000 villages (with the average birth rate of 2 babies &amp;#x2F; 3 months, roughly the birth rate indicated by the article), one quarter of the villages will have 2 male babies - that&amp;#x27;s 250 villages with 0 female babies born in the last 3 months.&lt;p&gt;Not making any claims regarding foeticide in India - just saying that the way they chose the villages matters a lot.</text></comment>
<story><title>‘No girls born’ for past three months in area of India covering 132 villages</title><url>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/no-girls-born-india-villages-female-foeticide-sex-selective-abortions-a9015541.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nuwandavek</author><text>Wow!
I just released a data story on Indian population with a section on &amp;quot;Case of the missing women&amp;quot;[0]. This has profound effects on a society like India, even 2-3 decades later!&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;numbersofindia.github.io&amp;#x2F;stories&amp;#x2F;population-06-2019&amp;#x2F;#ckpt2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;numbersofindia.github.io&amp;#x2F;stories&amp;#x2F;population-06-2019&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>