Open AccessThe Great Recession of 2007 in the United States and the male: female ratio at birth
Author(s) -
Victor Grech
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the turkish-german gynecological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1309-0399
pISSN - 1309-0380
DOI - 10.5152/jtgga.2015.15009
Subject(s) - demography , recession , population , great depression , great recession , confidence interval , baby boom , geography , demographic economics , medicine , economics , labour economics , keynesian economics , archaeology , sociology
Male live births slightly exceed female live births by approximately 3%. The ratio of male to total live births is conventionally represented as M/F. Many factors have been shown to affect M/F, mainly privation, toxins, and stress, all of which reduce M/F. Population stress may be engendered by natural phenomena such as earthquakes and man-made events such as short wars, terrorist attacks, and contracting economies. This study was conducted to ascertain whether the onset of the "Great Recession" (2007) was associated with changes in M/F in the United States (US).