The human dichotomy: the changing numbers of males and females
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LIST OF FIGURES
2.1 World map of sex ratios of countries, mid 1990s 19
2.2 The age pyramid of France, 1999, showing the hollow classes.
Source: Population, 1999, 54(3), 465 21
2.3 Map of contrasting sex ratios in northern and southern India, 1991,
using the Indian practice of expressing sex ratios as females per
1000 males. Source: Population Geography, 1994, 16(1 2), Map 3 26
2.4 Map of regional sex ratios in Western Europe, 1997, using Eurostat
data. Source: r cade, University of Durham 28
2.5 Map of excess of males and females by chiefdom in Sierra Leone,
1963. Source: Clarke, 1966: 44 5 30
3.1 Sex ratios at birth of 73 countries in the late twentieth century 41
4.1 Sex ratio and gender gap in life expectancy of countries with high
and low gender gaps 69
4.2 World map of large and small gender gaps in life expectancy at
birth, mid 1990s 70
4.3 Evolution of Russian life expectancy at birth, 1960 96. Source:
Anderson (1997) 74
4.4 Population pyramid for Russia, 1997. Source: U.S. Bureau of
Census, International Data Base 74
4.5 World map of maternal mortality rates (maternal deaths per
100,000 live births) of countries of the world, mid 1990s 82
4.6 World map of sex ratios of people aged 60 and over for the
countries of the world, 1996 90
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LIST OF TABLES
1.1 Missing women in some Asian countries and Egypt (after Coale) 13
2.1 Male/female sex ratios of the World, MDCs and LDCs, 1950 95 15
2.2 Estimated populations (in millions) and sex ratios of the major
areas and regions of the World, 1995 16
2.3 Estimated sex ratios of selected countries with 1 million inhabitants
or more, mid 1990s 18
2.4 Twentieth century changes in sex ratios of Indian states and union
territories 25
2.5 National and urban sex ratios and percentage urban in selected
MDCs and LDCs, early 1990s 33 I
3.1 Recent reported sex ratios at birth in selected countries 40 «
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3.2 Factors associated with live birth sex ratio, according to Teitelbaum ?
(1972) 43
3.3 Reported sex ratios at birth by birth order, South Korea and China,
1982 and 1989 58
4.1 Sex ratios of age groups of the population of England Wales,
1911 and 1981 66
4.2 Life expectancy at birth according to sex by Major Area and Region,
1970 95 68
4.3 Countries with large estimated gender gaps (8 years or more) in life
expectancy at birth, 1996 73
4.4 Countries with small estimated gender gaps (2.5 years or less) in life
expectancy at birth, 1996 79 1
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List of Tables xi
4.5 Sex ratios by age of selected populations of countries, circa 1990 91
4.6 Sex ratios of the older population of Kerala, southern India, by
marital status, 1991 96
5.1 Populations and sex ratios of Gulf States, 1996 120
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CONTENTS
Preface v
CHAPTER 1. SEX RATIOS AND GENDER 1
1.1 Biological Sex and Social Gender 1
1.2 Sex and Gender Balances 2
1.3 Populations, Sub populations, Area and Scale 4
1.4 Underlying Causes of Variations 6
1.5 Measures of Sex Ratios 7
1.6 How Accurate are the Numbers? 9
1.7 Some Causes of Data Inaccuracies H i
1.8 Millions of Missing Females 12
CHAPTER 2. PATTERNS OF SEX RATIOS 15
2.1 The World Picture 15
2.2 Continental and Cultural Variations 16
2.3 National Variations 17
2.4 Regional Variations 24
2.5 Rural Urban Variations 31
2.6 Local Variations 36 j
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CHAPTER 3. MORE MALE BIRTHS 38
3.1 Sex Ratios at Birth 38
3.2 Why Are There More Male Births? 42
3.3 The Persistence of Son Preference 47
3.4 Female Infanticide, Abandonment and Adoption 53
3.5 The Recent Surge in Sex Selective Abortions 55
3.6 The Spectre of Pre implantation Sex Selection or Gender Choice 59
CHAPTER 4. MORE MALE DEATHS 63
4.1 Sex Ratios of Deaths 63
4.2 The Influence of Sex and Gender on Deaths 64
4.3 The Gender Gap in Life Expectancy 67
4.4 Sex Differential Mortality in More Developed Countries 68
4.5 Sex Differential Mortality in Less Developed Countries 77
4.6 The Scourge of Maternal Mortality 80
4.7 The Scandal of Female Neglect 83
4.8 More Older Women than Men 88
4.9 Marriage and Widowhood 92
CHAPTER 5. MALE AND FEMALE MOBILITY 98
5.1 Shortage of Studies 98
5.2 Increasing Female Mobility 99
5.3 Mobility, Migration and Circulation 100
Contents xiv
5.4 Some Generalisations about Migration and Gender 103
5.5 Gender Changes in the Evolution of Migration Streams 105
5.6 Political Factors in Gendered Migration 108
5.7 Gendered Migration and Employment 109
5.8 Cultural and Social Factors in Gendered Migration 112
5.9 Circulation and Gender 116
CHAPTER 6. THE FUTURE 122
BIBLIOGRAPHY 125
INDEX 141
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