Sex ratio unaffected by parental age gap

Fred Arnold (), Shea Rutstein (), W. H. James and Charles E. Boklage
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Fred Arnold: Demographic and Health Surveys, Macro International
Shea Rutstein: Demographic and Health Surveys, Macro International
W. H. James: The Galton Laboratory, University College London
Charles E. Boklage: East Carolina University School of Medicine

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6657, 242-243

Abstract: Abstract Sex ratios based on a small sample of births tend to be very unstable. It is therefore not surprising that Manning et al. found a relationship between spousal age differences and the sex ratios at birth for a very small sample from a restricted population1. Their findings do not stand up to scrutiny when tested with larger, representative samples of births.

Date: 1997
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