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Sex ratio, Rural urban composition : - Coggle Diagram
Sex ratio
difference in sex ratio is due to
High maternal mortality
Death of mother due to pregnancy or birth-related consequences
female infanticide
Infanticide is when a parent kills a child within the birth of one year.
neglect of girl child
Abortions
Meaning:- No. of females per 1000 males
important social factor of the society
Males outnumber females in urban areas
2011- 940 females per 1000 males
Developing countries- less females more males
Females outnumber males in rural areas
Relative number of males and females
Rural urban composition :
Rural areas are those where most people are engaged in primary activities like agriculture.
varies from country to country
In urban areas people are engaged in non-primary activities like trade, banking, transport, business, IT,etc.
In western countries males outnumber females in rural areas and females outnumber males in urban areas.
Farming in western countries is highly mechanised so mostly men only do farming in those countries.
If we talk about India females are more engaged in farming than mens.
females of rural areas get discouraged to migrate from rural to urban areas as there is high cost of living, lack of security in urban areas and even scarcity of jobs.
Rural urban composition is the yardstick of economic development of a country.
Countries having high percentage of urban population are more advanced economically and technologically as compared to countries which have high percentage of rural population.
Based on difference in lifestyle
livelihood
social conditions
Economic conditions