Sökning: "skewed sex ratios"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden skewed sex ratios.
1. Are Skewed Sex Ratios Impeding Female Empowerment in India? : A Study Looking at Violence and Violations in Indian Households
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis studies the relationship between a skewed sex ratio and female empowerment in India. The study uses cross-sectional survey data from 2015-16, defining empowerment with an index that compiles questions directed toward women regarding if they have been subjected to violence and violations by their husbands or partners. LÄS MER
2. Exploration of the hereditary cause of sex ratio distortion in horses
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsSammanfattning : Even sex ratios are seen as evolutionarily stable and are maintained by a selection against a skewed sex ratio. However, sometimes sex ratios at birth are skewed towards one sex. Reasons for this phenomenon are often unknown. LÄS MER
3. Brides For Sale : A Qualitative Analysis of Missing Women, Skewed Sex Ratios and Bride Trafficking in Haryana, Northern India
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Population control programs such as family planning and the introduction of sex identification technologies has helped to create skewed sex ratios in northern India and particularly in the state of Haryana. Due to a surplus of men and the numbers of missing females, an organized business of bride trafficking has emerged where poor women from eastern and northeastern states of India are bought and brought to Haryana for the purpose of marriage. LÄS MER
4. Drosophila - A Population Study in Southern Scania
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologiSammanfattning : Most studies done on Drosophila are made in labs and focus on genetics, something which has formed a somewhat one-sided field of studies. To counter this bias, this report was based on fieldwork. LÄS MER
