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Sex Ratio |
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hdl:10622/RVRFKS |
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IISH Data Collection |
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Date of Distribution: |
2015-12-14 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Carmichael, Sarah; Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke, 2015, "Sex Ratio", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RVRFKS, IISH Data Collection, V1 |
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Title: |
Sex Ratio |
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Identification Number: |
hdl:10622/RVRFKS |
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Authoring Entity: |
Carmichael, Sarah (Utrecht University) |
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Dilli, Selin (Utrecht University) |
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Rijpma, Auke (Utrecht University) |
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IISH Data Collection |
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van Leeuwen, Bas |
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Depositor: |
van Leeuwen, Bas |
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Date of Deposit: |
2015-12-14 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RVRFKS |
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Arts and Humanities, gender, demography, equality |
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Abstract: |
Following Sen (1992), the ratio of girls to boys is used to assess discrimination against women in the area of health. There should be a fixed rate of male to female births in humans (about 5 % more boys than girls). In some countries and regions, however, there are much more boys then girls, which is often blamed on sex-selective abortion, infanticide, and neglect in health and nutrition. We focus on the age category 0–5 for two reasons. The first is that the three-fifth of missing women go missing in the birth–childhood period. Secondly, the phenomenon of missing girls at birth reflects discrimination in the household, resulting from the combination of strong preferences for sons combined with declining fertility and the spread of technologies allowing parents to know the sex of the child before birth. Missing girls/women at later stages of the life cycle reflect not only discriminatory practices against women, but also issues of general development, such as lack of healthcare, or infrastructure in terms of water and sanitation (World Bank, 2011). |
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Please consult the working paper for a description of the data and sources. |
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