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3. SA's gender imbalance begins to show in 1970

Reply to valerief (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 05:38 PM

Feb 2016

It's tempting to think of amniocentesis. But if that were the case, the imbalance would start at the bottom of the pyramid. And the pyramid shows relative gender symmetry up to about 15-20 yrs. Then the "bulge" starts.

The similar "bulge" in Qatar's pyramid starts back in 1955. Well before amniocentesis was developed. And at about 10 years of age.

Oman's appears in 1975. Kuwait's is actually more extreme back in the 1950s.

Ok. My explanation is that working age men are immigrating INTO these countries. And their populations are so small to begin with that immigrant laborers distort these national charts.

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Very interesting. SheilaT Feb 2016 #1

It's quite interesting looking at Saudi Arabia in 1950 and now. valerief Feb 2016 #2

SA's gender imbalance begins to show in 1970 marginlized Feb 2016 #3

but you have to go farther back, what were the ratios when women regularly died due to birth, plague pansypoo53219 Feb 2016 #4

a lot of that is migrant labor MisterP Feb 2016 #5