Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsPOPULATION3 Marks
Question
Explain in short gender-ration.
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Answer
Gender $($Sex$)$ Ratio:
The number of females in the country per $1000$ males is known as gender ratio, sex ratio or female-male ratio.
Gender ratio occupies an important place in the study of population. If the number of females is decreasing compared to males then it creates various problems in the country.
If the gap between number of females and males increases then it leads to a number of problems related to marriage, family, reproduction, etc.
By studying the gender-ratio we can find out the numbers and then focus our attention to understand the causes of adversity in gender ratio and efforts needed to solve them.
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