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‘Too many girls, too much dowry’: son preference and daughter aversion in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Nadia Diamond‐Smith Population Studies and Training centre, Brown University, Providence, RI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Nancy Luke Department of Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
&
Stephen McGarvey Departments of Community Health and Anthropology, International Health Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Pages 697-708 | Published online: 27 Sep 2008

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