State-wise Mean Ideal Number of Sons, Daughters and Children of Either Sex, PercentageĀ Who Want More Sons than Daughters and Percentage Who Want MoreĀ Daughters than Sons for Women and Men age 15-49 in India (2005-2006) | ||||||||||
States/UTs | Women | Men | ||||||||
Mean Ideal Number of | Percentage Who Want More Sons Than Daughters | Percentage Who Want More Daughters Than Sons | Mean Ideal Number of | Percentage Who Want More Sons Than Daughters | Percentage Who Want More Daughters Than Sons | |||||
Sons | Daughters | Either Sex | Sons | Daughters | Either Sex | |||||
North | ||||||||||
Delhi | ||||||||||
Haryana | ||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||
Jammu & Kashmir | ||||||||||
Punjab | ||||||||||
Rajasthan | ||||||||||
Uttranchal | ||||||||||
Central | ||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||
East | ||||||||||
Bihar | ||||||||||
Jharkhand | ||||||||||
Orissa | ||||||||||
West Bengal | ||||||||||
Northeast | ||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||
Assam | ||||||||||
Manipur | ||||||||||
Meghalaya | ||||||||||
Mizoram | ||||||||||
Nagaland | ||||||||||
Sikkim | ||||||||||
Tripura | ||||||||||
West | ||||||||||
Goa | ||||||||||
Gujarat | ||||||||||
Maharashtra | ||||||||||
South | ||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
Karnataka | ||||||||||
Kerala | ||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
India |