Research Article
Globally Declining Population of Women Folk Causing Sex Imbalance Is a Serious Concern: An Analysis of Sex Ratio around the Globe
Table 7
Stepwise multivariate regression analysis (started with all the above variables).
| Model | Predictor | | ± SE | df | -value | -value | value |
| 1 | Sex ratio of 0–15 years of age | 0.819 | 0.642 ± 0.025 | 142 | 640.0 | 25.2 | 0.001 |
| After removal of sex ratio of 0–15 years of age | 1 | Total fertility rate | 0.237 | −0.741 ± 0.112 | 142 | 43.8 | −6.6 | 0.001 |
| After removal of total fertility rate | 1 | Crude birth rate | 0.236 | −0.091 ± 0.014 | 142 | 43.6 | −6.6 | 0.001 |
| After removal of crude birth rate | 1 | Life expectancy at birth | 0.229 | 0.098 ± 0.015 | 142 | 41.9 | 6.4 | 0.001 |
| After removal of life expectancy at birth | 1 | Adolescent fertility rate | 0.197 | −0.020 ± 0.003 | 142 | 34.6 | −5.8 | 0.001 | 2 | Adolescent fertility rate | 0.224 | −0.013 ± 0.005 | 142 | 20.2 | −2.6 | 0.001 | Rate of natural increase (%) | −0.460 ± 0.208 | −2.2 | 3 | Adolescent fertility rate | 0.250 | −0.005 ± 0.006 | 142 | 15.4 | −0.9 | 0.001 | Rate of natural increase (%) | −0.682 ± 0.228 | −0.3 | Crude death rate (CDR) | −0.115 ± 0.052 | −0.2 | 4 | Rate of natural increase (%) | 0.246 | −0.846 ± 0.146 | 142 | 22.7 | −0.4 | 0.001 | Crude death rate (CDR) | −0.144 ± 0.042 | −0.2 | 1 | Human development index | 0.163 | 4.650 ± 0.886 | 142 | 27.5 | 5.2 | 0.001 | 1 | Gender inequality index | 0.161 | −4.336 ± 0.835 | 142 | 26.9 | −5.1 | 0.001 | 1 | Infant mortality rate (IMR) | 0.163 | −0.026 ± 0.004 | 182 | 35.2 | −5.9 | 0.001 |
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Note: values of all the variables were for the year 2011.
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