Achieving Women and Declining Sex Ratios
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6068247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerie J Grant (University of Auckland), Sarina Yang |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 917-927 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7143 • E-ISSN: 1534-6617 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hub.2004.0005 |
| PMID | 15018039 |
| OpenAlex | W2024711149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Professionally written biographies of 353 women selected for inclusion in two volumes of a dictionary of biography were analyzed separately for data on family structure, occupation, and personality characteristics. Findings from Volume 4 (1921-1940) were similar to those from Volume 5 (1941-1960). Results showed that 55.2% of women biographees had no children. They were either unmarried or, if married, childless. Of those who did have children, biographees had a significantly high ratio of sons to daughters compared with the norm (0.514) (Vol. 4: males = 106, females = 76; Vol. 5: males = 115, females = 80; totals: males = 221, females = 156; chi2 = 7.87; p = 0.005). These data, interpreted according to the maternal dominance hypothesis (Grant 1998) and set in the context of increased workforce participation by women and declining fertility, suggest another possible explanation for the contemporary decline in the secondary sex ratio
Biology · Context (archaeology · Dominance (genetics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · National Survey of Family Growth · Personality · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sex ratio · Sociology · Workforce · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
Higher Parental Perceptions of Wealth Associated With the Birth of More Sons in an Australian Population
Daughter Elimination in Tamil Nadu, India
Socioeconomic status and sex ratios at birth in Sweden
Can economic stress affect secondary sex ratio in Poland
Maternal height and the sex ratio
Temporal and spatial trends in the sex ratio at birth in Greece, 1960–2006
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |