The Influence of Social Factors Upon the Sex-Ratio at Birth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2198002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanford Winston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1931 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 1931-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/215616 |
| OpenAlex | W2020629360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
The ratio of the sexes at birth is remarkably constant for various countries over long periods of time for populations as a whole. Data are presented to show that the sex-ratio at conception is significantly higher than sex-ratio at birth. The lesser percentage of males at birth than at conception is accounted for by a differential prenatal mortality bearing more heavily upon the male fetus than upon the female fetus. Thus the sex-ratio at birth is a function of the sex-ratio at conception and the sex-ratio of intrauterine mortality. Various lines of approach are utilized to prove that social factors affect the amount of prenatal mortality and finally the sex-ratio at birth. A group of 5,466 completed families, forming a "higher" social class, are utilized to test the general hypothesis. They show a significantly higher sex-ratio at birth than does the general population. The conclusion is reached that more desirable social environments are important factors tending to raise the sex-ratio at birth. As such environments become more general, they will operate in the direction of a higher proportion of male births
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1968 - 2024 (57) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |