Advanced Parental Age and Wide Age Gap Effects on Human Secondary Sex Ratio in Romania

This paper aims to analyze the effects of parental age (especially advanced parental age) and age difference between parents on the probability of having a male/female offspring. The rationale of choosing this topic is based on the tendency of women to give birth at advanced age (>=35 years) and...

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Main Author: Simona-Mihaela Iftimie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Romanian National Institute of Statistics 2019-06-01
Series:Revista Română de Statistică
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Online Access:http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RRS-2_2019_A5.pdf