gender ratio
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenderandratio
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gender
noun
uk/ˈdʒen.dər/us/ˈdʒen.dɚ/
a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or ...
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ratio
noun[C]
uk/ˈreɪ.ʃi.əʊ/us/ˈreɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than ...
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(Definition ofgenderandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgender ratio
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Thegenderratiowas equal, and significantly different from the female preponderance in unipolar disorder.
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They found that thegenderratiois nearly constant with 1 : 2 in the different cultural contexts.
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The differences in average age, total number of the insured,genderratio, and dependent ratio were all statistically significant.
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The latent classes differed ongenderratio, fertility, age of onset and self-harming behaviour, but not on substance misuse or season of birth.
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Consequently, (3) women have gained more than men from the reforms - the lifetimegenderratiohas improved.
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Thisgenderratioarose partly because a quota was set to recruit ' housewives'.
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Thegenderratioreflects the ratio of females to males in the ethnic group population aged over 65 years.
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The number andgenderratioof the hostel and community samples were equalised to maximise the comparability of the two groups.
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Thegenderratioof infants in each group was exactly half male and half female.
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As with the raw data, thegenderratioof rates decreased during the initial part of the study period but subsequently increased again.
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Importantly, as in some other studies, thegenderratiois more equal, suggesting bipolar and unipolar affective disorders are separate.
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Thegenderratioreflected the sample.
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Among those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, there were more males than females, compared with thegenderratioamong other psychotic disorders (not significant, x2=1.32, df=1, p=0.25).
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That same year, out of the student total, thegenderratiowas 51% male to 49% female.
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That same year, out of the student total, thegenderratiowas 50% male to 50% female.
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The school has been co-educational since the early 1990s and now has agenderratioof 50% male and female students.
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The class size is about thirty students with significant fluctuation in thegenderratio.
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That same year, out of the student total, thegenderratiowas 52% male to 48% female.
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