Definition of Sex Ratio
(noun) The number of males compared to the number of females in a population.
Sex Ratio Pronunciation
Syllabification: sex ra·tio
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /sEks rAY-shee-oh/
- British English – /sEks rAY-shioh/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /sɛks ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ/
- British English – /sɛks ˈreɪʃɪəʊ/
Usage Notes
- Plural: sex ratios
- Variant spelling: sex-ratio
Additional Information
- Quantitative Research Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Sex and Gender Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Word origin of “sex” and “ratio” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
Related Terms
- attribute
- cohort
- control group
- correlation
- data
- random sample
- reliability
- spurious correlation
- statistics
- statistical analysis
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Cite the Definition of Sex Ratio
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “sex ratio.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved March 25, 2023 (https://sociologydictionary.org/sex-ratio/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
sex ratio. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/sex-ratio/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “sex ratio.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://sociologydictionary.org/sex-ratio/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“sex ratio.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 25 Mar. 2023. <https://sociologydictionary.org/sex-ratio/>.