[BOOK][B] Population geography: Tools and issues

KB Newbold - 2021 - books.google.com
This color text provides a comprehensive introduction to population geography, grounding
students in the tools and techniques that are commonly used to describe and understand …

Sex ratios among Canadian liveborn infants of mothers from different countries

JG Ray, DA Henry, ML Urquia - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Background: There has been much discussion about whether female feticide occurs in
certain immigrant groups in Canada. We examined data on live births in Ontario and …

Maternal smoking and newborn sex, birth weight and breastfeeding: A population-based study

S Timur Taşhan, N Hotun Sahin… - The Journal of Maternal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Today, it is acknowledged that smoking during pregnancy and/or the postnatal
period has significant risks for a foetus and newborn child. This research examines the …

Transnationally relocated? Sex selection among Punjabis in Canada

S Srinivasan - Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This exploration of the dynamics of son preference and daughter aversion among Punjabis
in Canada uses interviews and a survey to augment voices across different generations of …

Sex selection and global gender justice

A Ganguli-Mitra - Journal of Social Philosophy, 2021 - research.ed.ac.uk
A core motivation of this paper is to recast sex selection as both a symptom of, and a
contributing factor to global gender injustice, where the practice and its motivation are …

[HTML][HTML] “It'sa girl!”—could be a death sentence

R Kale - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Should female feticide in Canada be ignored because it is a small problem localized to
minority ethnic groups? No. price to pay to save thousands of girls in Canada. Compared …

Sex ratios and 'missing women'among Asian minority and migrant populations in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a retrospective cohort analysis

R Simon-Kumar, J Paynter, A Chiang, N Chabba - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Recent research from the UK, USA, Australia and Canada point to male-
favouring sex ratios at birth (SRB) among their Asian minority populations, attributed to son …

Daughter discrimination and son preference in Canada

S Postulart, S Srinivasan - … Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines various indicators of son preference and daughter discrimination over
time and across different communities in Canada. By doing so it problematises cultural …

Between reproductive rights and sex selection in New Zealand's abortion reforms: practitioner dilemma in institutionalising 'choice'and 'agency'

R Simon-Kumar, V Sharma, N Singh - Global Public Health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In 2020, the New Zealand (NZ) Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion.
Although NZ's abortion law formally opposes sex selective abortions, there is considerable …

Unpacking the (diasporic) nation: The regionalized and religious identities of the 'Indian'diaspora

H Dordi, M Walton-Roberts - Diasporas, development and governance, 2016 - Springer
Since the turn of the century the diaspora has become a fixed item on India's development
agenda, moving from an object of historical and cultural marginality to a vital economic and …