Moreover, in the same region, more than 60% of girls are married well before the legal age, making pregnancies among anemic and malnourished teenagers a common occurrence. But, at the same time, most girls complete 12 years of schooling in the northern mountain state of Himachal Pradesh, demonstrating that the north-south distinction is no more conclusive than countrywide generalizations.
此外，印度的歧视往往从家庭就开始了。印度家庭的重男轻女导致了畸形的性别比率，特别是在北方各邦。此外，同样是在北部，60%多女孩在远未达到法定年龄时便已结婚，这导致血气不足、营养不良的十来岁女孩怀孕的现象大量发生。但是，与此同时，在北部山区的喜马偕尔邦，大部分女孩完成了12年的学校教育，这表明南北差异和全国一般化一样不靠谱。