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The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography. In humans, the natural sex ratio at...

and termites. The human sex ratio is of particular interest to anthropologists and demographers. In human societies, sex ratios at birth may be considerably...

The human sex ratio is the comparative number of males with respect to each female in a population. This is a list of sex ratios by country or region....

Sex ratio is used to describe the ratio of females to males in a population. In India, the sex ratio has been estimated via a number of methods and data...

The child sex ratio in India is defined as the number of females per thousand males in the age group 0–6 years in a human population. Thus it is equal...

around the same time or slightly later in India. Sex-selective abortion affects the human sex ratio—the relative number of males to females in a given...

2010). "Meta-analysis of digit ratio 2D:4D shows greater sex difference in the right hand". American Journal of Human Biology. 22 (5): 619–630. doi:10...

immediately after wars. This effect is one of the many factors influencing human sex ratio. It was especially noticeable worldwide during and right after both...

and termites. The human sex ratio is of particular interest to anthropologists and demographers. In human societies, sex ratios at birth may be considerably...

by Pierre-Simon Laplace (1770s), in analyzing the human sex ratio at birth; see § Human sex ratio. Paul Meehl has argued that the epistemological importance...

It is most often measured through male-to-female sex ratios, and is theorized to be caused by sex-selective abortions, female infanticide, and inadequate...

The XY sex-determination system is a sex-determination system used to classify many mammals, including humans, some insects (Drosophila), some snakes,...

pressure for women to bear sons. The increase in sex-selective abortions led to a distorted human sex ratio, that shot up to 108.6 in 1985 and 112.5 in 1990...

The sex ratio of the different administrative divisions of China has been the subject of academic study because of a high imbalance in births since the...

the census data in China has recorded a significant imbalance in the sex ratio toward the male population, meaning there are fewer women than men. This...

industry or New World agriculture. The surplus was roughly equal between the sexes, however disproportionate opportunities existed for men over women in employment...

both the sex ratio at birth and the population sex ratio are remarkably constant in human populations. Significant deviations in birth sex ratios from the...

murders. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares the following: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights...

Population Fund, the reasons behind sex selection are due to three factors and provide an understanding for sex ratio imbalances as well as to project future...

Akmaev VR, Colls P, Munné S, Scholl T, et al. (April 2015). "The human sex ratio from conception to birth". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...