Selected State-wise Mean Ideal Number of Sons, Daughters and Children of Either Sex for Ever Married Women Percentage Who Want More Sons Than Daughters, Percentage Who Want More Daughters than Sons, Percentage Who Want at Least one Son and Percentage Who Want at Least One Daughter in India (1998 - 1999) | |||||||
States | Mean ideal number of | % who want more sons than daughter | % who want more daughter than sons | % who want at least one son | % who want at least one daughter | ||
Sons | Daughters | Either Sex | |||||
India | |||||||
North Zone | |||||||
Delhi | |||||||
Haryana | |||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||
Jammu & Kashmir | |||||||
Punjab | |||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||
Central Zone | |||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||
East Zone | |||||||
Bihar | |||||||
Orissa | |||||||
West Bengal | |||||||
North East Zone | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||
Assam | |||||||
Manipur | |||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||
Mizoram | |||||||
Nagaland | |||||||
Sikkim | |||||||
West Zone | |||||||
Goa | |||||||
Gujarat | |||||||
Maharashtra | |||||||
South Zone | |||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||
Karnataka | |||||||
Kerala | |||||||
Tamil Nadu |