Migration, famines and sex ratio in Orissa division between 1881 and 1921
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bidyut Mohanty (Institute of Social Sciences New Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 507-528 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946469202900404 |
| OpenAlex | W1989254517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The author hypothesizes that the rise in the sex ratio that occurs in India following severe famines is caused to some extent by famine-induced migration. Three districts of Orissa are studied from 1881 to 1921. They suffered extensively from famine during the period 1901-1921. It is argued that migration is sex-selective involving more men than women and that the stresses of famine migration and exposure to new diseases causes higher mortality among migrants than among nonmigrants. (ANNOTATION)
Arithmetic · Development economics · Division (mathematics · Division of labour · Economics · Geography · Political science · Population · Sex ratio · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |