Text and code for "Birth Spacing and Fertility in the Presence of Son Preference and Sex-Selective Abortions: India's Experience Over Four Decades," forthcoming in Demography
R2-2: There is actually no data on sex selection and in a sense the data is backed out using evidence on birth spacing, institutional information on the availability of technology that enables sex selection (ultra sound techniques) and government regulations. To do this the author subdivides the time into four segments: 1972--1984, 1985--1994, 1995--2004 and 2005--2016. I understand the logic of the first two breaks 1984 and 1994, but what is the logic of the third break in 2004? This needs to be made clearer.
R2-2: There is actually no data on sex selection and in a sense the data is backed out using evidence on birth spacing, institutional information on the availability of technology that enables sex selection (ultra sound techniques) and government regulations. To do this the author subdivides the time into four segments: 1972--1984, 1985--1994, 1995--2004 and 2005--2016. I understand the logic of the first two breaks 1984 and 1994, but what is the logic of the third break in 2004? This needs to be made clearer.