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sex ratio
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sex ratio
n.
The proportion of males to females in a given population, usually expressed as the number of males per 100 females.


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Kroes, the high-profile competition tsar, says the gender imbalance is so great that she would rather support a non-Dutch woman over her own Prime Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende, another leading candidate.
Women are also trafficked to be sold to men in remote areas who are unable to find brides due to a growing gender imbalance stemming from sex-selective abortions of baby girls, which also stems to the family planning policy, experts have said.
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