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Title:Rural Urban and Regional Variations in the Sex Structure of Ethiopia's Population
Author:Doilicho, Beyene
Year:1993
Periodical:Eastern and Southern Africa Geographical Journal
Volume:4
Issue:1
Period:June
Pages:35-49
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs., ills.
Geographic terms:Ethiopia
Northeast Africa
Subjects:population distribution
sex distribution
Urbanization and Migration
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
migration
Labor and Employment
Demographics
urbanization
demography
population
urban population
Abstract:This paper examines the sex structure of the population of Ethiopia, with emphasis on the sex structure of the urban population, which is somewhat unique in Africa. Rural-urban and north-south differences in sex structure are determined using sex ratio classes and the rural-urban sex ratio gap. Early marriage, divorce, and the encouragement of female selective rural-urban migration have all contributed to the preponderance of females in the urban centres of Ethiopia, while the political crisis that set in with the 1974 revolution and the growing civil war have further deepened the problem of sex imbalance in the past few decades. Bibliogr., notes, sum.
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