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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
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

Internet

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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