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sex-selection

Mobility, migration and foreigners

How migration affects sex ratios at subnational level

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 Michał Gulczyński
Gender issues, Migration, sex-selection, woman

Sex-selective migration leads to imbalances in local proportions of young women and men. In almost all European and American countries, substantially more women than men migrate from rural to urban … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Sex-selective abortion in India: an ongoing problem

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Claus C. Pörtner
Asia, Children, Family, Fertility, India, sex-selection

In India, the percentage of male births has increased since the mid-1980s. Claus Pörtner ties the continuously growing use of prenatal sex selection to India’s falling fertility among highly-educated women. … Read more

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