Table 3.
Descriptive Statistics: Mean Sex Ratio by Caste and Province, 1901
| Variable | Punjab | Bengal | Madras | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious | 1.217 | 1.026 | 0.996 | 1.056 |
| Landowner | 1.185 | 1.087 | 0.980 | 1.067 |
| Cultivator | 1.181 | 1.010 | 0.958 | 1.038 |
| Professional | 1.133 | 1.005 | 0.981 | 1.032 |
| Trader | 1.159 | 1.044 | 0.992 | 1.042 |
| Artisans | 1.106 | 1.006 | 0.956 | 1.013 |
| Agricultural Labor | 1.152 | 0.994 | 0.989 | 1.042 |
| Service | 1.145 | 0.967 | 0.890 | 0.975 |
| Tribal | 1.120 | 1.062 | 1.009 | 1.058 |
| Other | 0.989 | 0.967 | 0.979 | |
| Unknown | 1.172 | 0.960 | 1.072 | 0.978 |
| Total | 1.151 | 1.009 | 0.974 | 1.024 |
Notes: Sex ratio is defined as female divided by male total population. To eliminate outliers, we dropped observations from all our analyses if the sex ratio was greater than 3 or less than 0.3 and if the caste population was less than 300.