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sex ratio [′seks ‚rā·shō] (biology) The relative proportion of males and females in a population. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In both countries, sex selection abortion has produced a critical gender imbalance in favour of boys. This gender imbalance is the product of a confluence of religious and social practices, including the belief, common in parts of India, that sons must perform certain religious rituals on their parents' behalf to ensure their postmortem fate is a happy one, and the fact that sons are often seen as the best chance that peasants have of receiving material sustenance in old age. Overall, gender imbalance exists in the UAE population, with males accounting for 67. |
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