Exploring the Phenomenon of Missing Girls in the South Caucasus

Sex ratio at birth, the number of boys born for every 100 girls, has increased in the South Caucasus in the past decades. A World Bank study sought to produce rigorous and supporting evidence on the issue of “missing girls” in the South Caucasus co...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	EMPOWERMENT SEX EDUCATION BIRTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH HOUSE CONTRACEPTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION OLD AGE ABUSE LAWS POPULATION GROUPS SERVICES MOTHERS INEQUALITIES HEALTH WILL NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION VULNERABILITY HOSPITAL LIFE EXPECTANCY INEQUITIES KNOWLEDGE HEALTH SECTOR GENDER STEREOTYPES ABORTIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POPULATION GROWTH SMOKING WIVES FERTILITY RATES BOYS BABY FAMILY SIZE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SELECTIVE ABORTION REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS VIOLENCE GIRLFRIEND MALE GENDER INEQUALITIES PREFERENCE FOR SONS SEX SELECTION ELDERLY SEX RATIOS FERTILITY LEVELS PROGRESS ADULTHOOD MARKET ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT YOUNG MEN POLICIES WHO SCHOOLS FAMILY WOMAN AGE GENDER DIVORCE BIRTHS URBAN AREAS PROPERTY SELECTIVE ABORTIONS MOTHER REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES POLICY CITIZENS HUSBANDS SMALLER FAMILIES NUMBER OF WOMEN SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES BABIES SEX DECLINES IN FERTILITY CHILDREN GENDERS HUSBAND CHILD EQUALITY RURAL AREAS POPULATION LAW GIRLS FERTILITY SEX RATIO FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS FEMALE HEALTH SERVICES SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS WIFE ABORTION DECLINE IN FERTILITY PREGNANCY GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY SON PREFERENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24418891/exploring-phenomenon-missing-girls-south-caucasus http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21911

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24418891/exploring-phenomenon-missing-girls-south-caucasus
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21911

Exploring the Phenomenon of Missing Girls in the South Caucasus

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