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Gender inequality a civilisational problem

The sex-ratio of the last child (SRLC) born in Indian families is excessively skewed

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Devangshu Datta
Legendary puzzler Martin Gardner once posed two related questions. First, Mr Smith has two children. The older is a girl. What is the probability that both children are girls?  Second, Mr Jones has two children, at least one of whom is a boy. What is the probability the other Jones kid is also a boy? 

The birth of a boy or a girl is (almost) equally likely. Under normal circumstances, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. If we approximate to a birth ratio of 1:1 (assuming no transgender births), the first answer is deduced fairly easily. 

There exist four equally
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