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Son Bias at a glance: The map shows each country's ranking in the Son Bias sub-indicator.

Son Bias captures social institutions that foster intra-household bias towards sons and the devaluation of daughters:

  • Missing Women measures the incidence of missing women due to sex selective abortions, female infanticide or neglect of girls
  • Fertility Preferences measures gender bias in the fertility preferences of families.

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Data View

0 = low/no discrimation, 1 = high discrimation