National, regional, and global sex ratios of infant, child, and under-5 mortality and identification of countries with outlying ratios: a systematic assessment
Image credit: © 2014 Alkema et al.
Abstract
Important differences exist between boys and girls with respect to survival up to the age of 5 years. Survival chances tend to improve more rapidly for girls compared with boys as total mortality decreases, with a reversal of this trend at very low infant mortality. For many countries, sex ratios follow this pattern but important exceptions exist. An explanation needs to be sought for selected countries with outlying sex ratios and action should be undertaken if sex discrimination is present.
Please cite the linked dataset/web appendix as:
Alkema, Leontine, Fengqing Chao, Danzhen You, Jon Pedersen, and Cheryl Chriss Sawyer. 2014. “Supplementary Appendix: National, Regional, and Global Sex Ratios of Infant, Child, and Under-5 Mortality and Identification of Countries with Outlying Ratios: A Systematic Assessment”. figshare. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12442175.
Fengqing Chao
Research Scientist
My research interests include statistical demography, global health, Bayesian modeling, and time series analysis.