Sex ratio at reproductive age: changes over the last century in the Italian population.

Abstract:

:The radical improvement in living conditions experienced in Italy during the last century caused a reduction in male extra-mortality during the prereproductive years. As a consequence, a progressive increase in the sex ratio at the beginning of the reproductive age (15-19 years) occurred, so that in recent times the sex ratio in the young adult population has approached the almost constant value of 1.06 observed at birth. We calculated that the sex composition would be the same in newborns and in young adults in about one generation: obviously, we have to assume that the sex differentials in mortality and migration are constant over time. The 1:1 equilibrium between sexes, which maximizes reproductive success, occurred in the 15-19 age group at the beginning of the century and shifted to the 30-35 age group in the 1990s. We compared the 1993-1995 sex ratios in different age groups in European Union countries and observed that in Italy as well as in other Mediterranean countries the numerical equality between sexes is reached at 30-35 years of age, while in north-central Europe it is reached later, approximately at the end of reproductive life.

journal_name

Hum Biol

journal_title

Human biology

authors

Ulizzi L,Astolfi P,Zonta LA

doi

10.1353/hub.2001.0014

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-02-01 00:00:00

pages

121-8

issue

1

eissn

0018-7143

issn

1534-6617

journal_volume

73

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