Understanding the sex ratio in India: A simulation approach

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-488

  Griffiths, Paula ^a   Matthews, Zoë ^b   Hinde, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0034328071     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648074     Document Type: Article

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