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Title: Influencia de la mortalidad y natalidad en la sex ratio al nacimiento: análisis de series temporales
Author: Mayol Serra, Catalina
Tutor: Jordana, Xavier  
Others: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Merino, David  
Abstract: In demography, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) is defined as the ratio between the number of males with respect female new borns. This value has an approximate value of 1.05, that means that 105 boys born for each 100 girls. Biological, sociodemographic and/or environmental factors have their influence in the SRB. In the literature, there is not an agreement of the relation of the SRB as a function of infant mortality rates. The main purpose of this work is to deep into the relation between the SRB and demographic indicators of mortality and birth rate. Data from online data bases are used, as for example, Undata or The World Bank. First of all, a transversal study between 2010 and 2014 is done using a linear model to get the relation between de SRB and the other variables. Next, a study of the time series with a mixed model has been carried out. It is observed that all mortality rates and the birth rate have decreased over time, while life expectancy at birth has increased for all countries. However, the dependence of SRB with the different indicators is not clear and it depends on the country. The main result of this study indicates that the behaviour of SRB is meaningfully explained by the female adult mortality rate, and the dependence of SRB with this mortality rate is negative. In general, this variable explains little the variation of SRB.
Keywords: sex ratio at birth
mixt models
mortality rates
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: Jun-2018
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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