Changes in Income at Macro Level Predict Sex Ratio at Birth in OECD Countries.

The human sex ratio at birth (SRB) is approximately 107 boys for every 100 girls. SRB was rising until the World War II and has been declining slightly after the 1950s in several industrial countries. Recent studies have shown that SRB varies according to exposure to disasters and socioeconomic cond...

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Main Authors: Ohto Kanninen, Aleksi Karhula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4954671?pdf=render