Chakrabarti, Anindita; Chaudhuri, Kausik - In: Journal of South Asian Development 6 (2011) 2, pp. 195-212
The state of Tamil Nadu, located in South India, has been identified as a state with gender equality as is evident from a balanced sex ratio, higher age of marriage of women, lower fertility rates and higher female literacy. Using district level and village/town level data from Census 2001, we...