Non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can determine the sex of the fetus very accurately and
very early in gestation. There are concerns that the ease, timing, and accuracy of NIPT sex …

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 …

Given an equal sex ratio at conception, the excess of human males at birth can only be
explained by greater loss of females during pregnancy. It is proposed that the bias against …

Objectives To conduct a qualitative study, guided by the principles of community-based
participatory research, with the following objectives:(1) to provide a conceptual framework …

Pregnancy-associated cancer—that is diagnosed in pregnancy or within 365 days after
delivery—is increasingly common as cancer therapy evolves and survivorship increases …

Objectives To quantify sex ratios at births (SRBs) in hospital deliveries in Nepal, and
understand the socio-demographic correlates of skewed SRB. Skewed SRBs in hospitals …

Background Son-biased sex ratios at birth (M: F), an extreme manifestation of son
preference, are predominately found in East and South Asia. Studies have examined sex …

Background The naturally occurring male-to-female (M/F) ratio at birth is 1.05. Higher ratios
found primarily in countries across Asia have been attributed to prenatal sex selection due to …

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 …

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 …