going back to the original outlook article, why do you think women in tamil
nadu are reporting such disproportionately high levels of spousal violence?
*How Women-Friendly?*
*In TN, 69.2% have a say in family matters * *A.P* *T.N* *Kerala* *
Karnataka* *INDIA* *U.P* *Gujarat* No. of females per 1,000 males ('01
census) 978 987 1058 965 *933* 898 920 Juvenile (0-6) sex ratio (2001) 964
939 963 949 *927* 916 878 Mean age for marriage (2004) 19.0 21.5 22.9 20.0 *
20.4* 20.4 20.5 Female literacy rate (2001) 50.4 64.4 87.7 56.9 *53.7* 42.2
57.8 Currently married women who usually participate in household decisions
in per cent 55.7 69.2 62.5 47.4 *52.5* 48.2 56.7 Women who have experienced
spousal violence in per cent 35.2 41.9 16.4 20.0 *37.2* 42.4 27.6 Percentage
of women with more than 10 years of education 22 32 49 28 *22* 18 24 Percentage
of women's employment to total employment (2003) 20.5 30.2 39.3 31.2 *18.1**
9.8 12.7 ** 2002*
