Understanding the Indian sex ratio: a simulation approach
Understanding the Indian sex ratio: a simulation approach
The highly masculine sex ratio in India has increased substantially in the twentieth century, in contrast to most other countries in the world. Competing arguments alternatively posit underenumeration, highly masculine sex ratios at birth, or excess female mortality throughout the life course as the factors underlying the level of the overall sex ratio; these arguments have not been resolved.
Based on population projections that simulate population dynamics, our findings show that small differences in mortality at young ages, persisting
over a long period, as well as a sex ratio at birth of 106 males
per 100 females, result in a highly masculine population sex ratio.
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Griffiths, Paula
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Matthews, Zoe
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Hinde, Andrew
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1999
Griffiths, Paula
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Matthews, Zoe
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Hinde, Andrew
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Griffiths, Paula, Matthews, Zoe and Hinde, Andrew
(1999)
Understanding the Indian sex ratio: a simulation approach.
Demography, 37 (4), .
Abstract
The highly masculine sex ratio in India has increased substantially in the twentieth century, in contrast to most other countries in the world. Competing arguments alternatively posit underenumeration, highly masculine sex ratios at birth, or excess female mortality throughout the life course as the factors underlying the level of the overall sex ratio; these arguments have not been resolved.
Based on population projections that simulate population dynamics, our findings show that small differences in mortality at young ages, persisting
over a long period, as well as a sex ratio at birth of 106 males
per 100 females, result in a highly masculine population sex ratio.
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Published date: 1999
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34267
ISSN: 0070-3370
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