1978 there were 11 1. Cou-ples who produce, say, three sons stop having children, but those with three daughters continue until they get boys.
The Freeds have little faith that either further economic progress or the creation of a social security program would stem India's population growth. "Indians do not believe that the government or anyone but their sons will take care of them when they are old." Yet, if Indians do not change voluntarily, the Freeds say, the government may feel com-...