1.1 Changes in Missing Women over time based on author’s estimates. Population data for India from Census 2011 and mortality data for reference group from UM World
Popu-lation Prospects 2019. . . . 48
1.2 Child sex ratio for 0-5 year old children, plotted using 2005/06 and DHS-2015/16. . . 48
1.3 Sex Ratio at birth by year plotted using DHS-2015/16. Sex ratio is computed as number of boys born per 100 girls. . . 49
1.4 Test of non differential pretrends . . . 49
1.5 Test of non differential pretrends . . . 49
1.6 Balance test for first girl and first boy families . . . 49
1.7 Falsification test assuming program years from 1990 to 2004 . . . 50
3.1 Distribution of Education Across Types . . . 107
3.2 Distribution of Wealth Across Types . . . 107
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