Comments on: Sex ratio at birth by country

By: Wei

Wei — Sun, 04 May 2003 02:47:00 +0000

Where do the data come from and which year they refer to? Thanks.

By: Ikram Saeed

Ikram Saeed — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:44:00 +0000

Razib, parts of India do have a tremendous gender imbalance among youth. Mostly the wealthier parts. At the census of India site you can see the sex ratios for Indians between the ages of 0 and 6.

In Punjab (very rich state), the 0-6 group has a ratio of 793 girls to 1000 boys.

In Bihar (very poor state) the 0-6 ratio is 938 girls to 1000 boys

In Kerala (less Gender bias) the 0-6 ratio is 963 girls to 1000 boys.

Full state data is here:
http://www.censusindia.net/results/provindia2.html

Compare rich north Indian states like Punjab and Haryana to poor North Indian states Bihar or Jharkand.

By: razib

razib — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:43:00 +0000

in the united states it is 28...it is important for young men to know these things :) the real number of avail. women is lower than that because of older guys dating women in their 20s, and the lack of reverse balance.

By: David

David — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:25:00 +0000

Baseline is 1.06:1.

More boys die at younger ages so it balances out by age 20 or so.

Of course, by 50, the ratio slips to favoring women.

By: -R

-R — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:19:00 +0000

Jersey looks pretty stable and likely to remain that way for years.

By: zizka

zizka — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:51:00 +0000

What is the natural baseline? I don't think it's 1:1.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 06:18:00 +0000

Looks like yet another reason to consider moving to the Cayman Islands...