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(through Sopher’s Index) indicated a significant variation in Rajasthan, U.P.,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam. Even the better performing state like
Kerala depicted a high Gender Inequality Index; in a number of states (75%) of
married women were in (15,549) age and receiving ANC at the national level. In
some states like Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, M.P. and U.P.,
women receive less than the national average ANC coverage; states like
Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and
Delhi show a relatively better coverage as compared to the national average,
U.P., Meghalaya, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand show than women have access to
ANC even though coverage under institutional delivery is low within these
states. In case of Haryana, the coverage of institutional delivery was below the
national average. On the other hand, the coverage under ANC was above
national average; for 90 per cent of women in India, marriage was the only
factor that put them at risk of HIV, as more than 90% of women acquired HIV
infection from their husbands or their intimate sexual partners, they have
increased risk of HIV not due to their own sexual behaviour but because they
are partners of men who are engaged in high risk behaviour; in almost 6 per
cent cases in 2008, the route of transmission of infection in India was form
mother to child; Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have a
high prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS among women; Gender Inequality Index
(by Sopher Index) indicates significant variation in literacy rates for Haryana,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, H.P., and Uttarakhand, which implies social and
cultural bias against women. Data on school enrollment for classes I-XII reveal
more or less an equal proportion of enrollment among boys and girls in Bihar,
Rajasthan, Gujarat, J&K, M.P. and Haryana. Higher school enrollment rates are
positively correlated with a mean age at marriage for women, age specific sex
ration (10-24) and in negatively correlated with less than normal BMI, Tamil
Nadu, W.B. and Delhi record a high enrollment in colleges for girls but show a
widening of gender gap in specialized and focused academic courses like
M.Phil./PHD and other technical/ professional disciplines; dropout from class I-X
was (57%) for girls and (56%) for boys. There has been a steady decline from
80 per cent to 60 per cent respectively from class I-X. States of Kerala, U.P.,
H.P., T.N., Delhi show low dropout rates as compared to national average of
57.3 for girls and 56.4 for boys, on the other hand Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, W.B.
and Rajasthan show a considerably high dropout rate both for boys and girls;
J&K, Odisha, Uttarakhand, U.P. and M.P. report more women being kidnapped
than men; Daman and Diu reports no kidnapping among women whereas
Mizoram and Nagaland show a very low incidence of women’s kidnapping; rate
of crime against women per 1,00,000 women in above national average in
Tripura, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, W.B., Kerala, M.P. and Rajasthan. 30 per
cent women in India experienced physical violence while 8 percent experienced
sexual violence. Physical violence was experienced among married women in
the age group of (15-49) has been reflected. From among the states, Bihar has
the highest incidence followed by M.P., U.P., T.N. and Rajasthan. Rajasthan,
M.P. and Tripura rank the highest in terms of emotional violence, high
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