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sex ratio
(redirected from Gender ratio)

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sex ratio [′seks ‚rā·shō]
(biology)
The relative proportion of males and females in a population.


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A 2006 UNI-CEF report finds India battling a highly skewed national gender ratio of 927 females for every 1,000 males--a drop from the 1991 figure of 945 females for every 1,000 males.
To consolidate these findings, future research needs to take a longitudinal approach to the subject, using a cohort with a more diverse age range and a more balanced gender ratio.
The gender ratio in median earnings for full and part-time workers range from a high of in Washington DC of 88.
 
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