Research Article
Globally Declining Population of Women Folk Causing Sex Imbalance Is a Serious Concern: An Analysis of Sex Ratio around the Globe
Table 5
Pearson correlation between sex ratio and its probable determinants among 183 countries all over the world.
| | Sex ratio at birth | Sex ratio of <15 yrs of age | Sex ratio of 15–64 yrs of age | Sex ratio of 65+ yrs of age | Sex ratio of total population | Adolescent fertility rate | Crude birth rate | Total fertility rate | Crude death rate | Infant mortality rate | Life expectancy | Gender inequality index | Human development index (HDI) | Rate of natural increase (%) | Net migration rate (per 1000) |
| | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) |
| (1) | 1 | 0.847 | 0.043 | −0.010 | 0.015 | −0.433 | −0.481 | −0.494 | −0.230 | −0.404 | 0.471 | −0.401 | 0.420 | −0.435 | −0.014 | (2) | | 1 | 0.076 | −0.014 | 0.039 | −0.452 | −0.544 | −0.540 | −0.224 | −0.470 | 0.524 | −0.486 | 0.496 | −0.504 | 0.051 | (3) | | | 1 | 0.696 | 0.981 | −0.174 | −0.121 | −0.104 | −0.356 | −0.163 | 0.175 | −0.079 | 0.183 | −0.007 | 0.408 | (4) | | | | 1 | 0.770 | 0.006 | 0.121 | 0.083 | −0.484 | 0.007 | 0.083 | 0.125 | −0.027 | 0.295 | 0.321 | (5) | | | | | 1 | −0.083 | −0.003 | −0.003 | −0.398 | −0.064 | 0.090 | 0.040 | 0.069 | 0.134 | 0.379 | (6) | | | | | | 1 | 0.780 | 0.796 | 0.446 | 0.732 | −0.737 | 0.797 | −0.755 | 0.679 | −0.154 | (7) | | | | | | | 1 | 0.953 | 0.353 | 0.828 | −0.853 | 0.834 | −0.897 | 0.947 | −0.150 | (8) | | | | | | | | 1 | 0.414 | 0.797 | −0.821 | 0.762 | −0.834 | 0.871 | −0.091 | (9) | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0.516 | −0.637 | 0.224 | −0.425 | 0.032 | −0.087 | (10) | | | | | | | | | | 1 | −0.871 | 0.784 | −0.854 | 0.706 | −0.093 | (11) | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | −0.799 | 0.902 | −0.692 | 0.136 | (12) | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | −0.882 | 0.809 | −0.233 | (13) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | −0.812 | 0.204 | (14) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | −0.131 | (15) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
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Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
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