The Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of China In the wake of the one-child policy of 1979, China experienced an unprecedented rise in the sex ratio at birth (ratio of male to female births). In cohorts... EJ Sharygin,AY Ebenstein - 《Social Science Electronic Publishing》 被引量: 14...
Sex-role spillover is the carryover of gender-based roles into the work setting. It is exacerbated by having a highly skewed ratio of the sexes at work. The sex roles associated with the majority sex become incorporated into the work roles. In male-dominated jobs, activity, rationality, and...
Before 1990, sex ratios at birth were consistently nearly one point lower (104) for the three major Asian groups in Britain compared with mothers born in Western countries. This is inconsistent with previous suggestions that Asian populations have a higher "natural" sex ratio at birth. In the ...
The relationship between sex ratios at birth and caloric availability per capita was examined across different countries. Significant positive correlations... RJ Williams,SP Gloster - 《Social Biology》 被引量: 156发表: 1992年 Follicular phase length, cycle day of conception and sex ratio of offspr...
Through this study two hypotheses were tested; both were related to the causal affects of subtalar joint (STJ) pathomechanics and plantar ulceration. Data relating to 144 people was used for this study: 70 were Nepalese (52 male ... H Cross,G Rendall - 《British Journal of Podiatry》 被...
Comparison of Quadriceps and Hamstring Muscle Activity during an Isometric Squat between Strength-Matched Men and Women. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine whether strength-matched men and women exhibit a different magnitude and ratio of leg muscle act... S Nimphius,J ...
Objective The aim of this study was to examine changes over time in the female: male HIV prevalence ratio in 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, overall and when stratified by area of residence, educational attainment and marital status. Methodology We used data from the Demographic and Health ...
To investigate the effect of social class on the secondary sex ratio, atotal of 7·2 million births in the period 1975–78 in Japan has been tabulated according to the occupation of the head of the household, paternal and maternal ages and birth order. Although the variation in the sex ra...
Older age of sexual partner was associated with increased risk of HIV-1 infection in men (odds ratio 1·13 [95% CI 1·02–1·25]) and women (1·04 [1·01–1·07]). Young women form partnerships with men 5–10 years older than themselves, whereas young men have relationships with ...
A series of papers in the Journal of Theoretical Biology has found evidence that beautiful parents have more daughters, violent men have more sons, and other sex- ratio patterns (Kanazawa, 2005, 2006, 2007). These papers have been shown to have statistical errors, but the question remains how...