Although itโs possible that the โnonesโ have leveled off, itโs also possible that their growth has continued, but at a gradual pace that is difficult to see in the data.
Indiaโs artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls โ which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions โ now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.
All major religious groups in India have shown sharp declines in their fertility rates, limiting change in the countryโs religious composition since 1951. Meanwhile, fertility differences between Indiaโs religious groups are generally much smaller than they used to be.