Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Gender Ratio - Our World in Data

I'm interested in this study, from of trend standpoint: how has the gender ratio shifted? What is the cause of this shift? How does the present makeup effect society, politics, and economics. 

https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratios

The ratio between the number of males and females in a society is referred to as the gender ratio. This ratio is not stable but instead shaped by biological, social, technological, cultural, and economic forces. And in turn the gender ratio itself has an impact on society, demography, and the economy.

In this entry we provide an overview of the variation and the changes of the gender ratio across the world. We study how it changes from birth to late life; the forces that change the ratio of men to women.

Many argue persuasively that the terms 'gender' and 'sex' are not to be used interchangeable.

In this context here we have however decided to make an exception: we speak of the 'gender ratio' because it's the established term and it will help all those who want to be informed about this topic and search this term. But we also speak of the 'sex ratio' because this is arguably the more accurate term and it is increasingly used within the academic literature.

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