proportion of female

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proportion
noun
uk
/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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(Definition ofproportionandfemalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The increasedproportionoffemaleworms suggests that part of the developed immunity affected worm survival in the lungs.
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A higherproportionoffemalesubjects was identified in cases (60 %, n=567) than in controls (49 %, n=23 265).
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The analysis above has detailed how theproportionoffemalestudents varies from field to field.
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This supports the suggestion that theproportionoffemalehousehold head was connected with their participation in the labour market and their economic status.
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In other words, a higherproportionoffemale-headed households were discontinued.
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The death, departure or absconding of the last head resulted in a largeproportionoffemalesuccessors.
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Similar results were obtained with respect to theproportionoffemaleworms in the total worm burden.
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Theproportionoffemale-headed households increased from 17 to 24%.
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Theproportionoffemalecontrols reporting family discord and loneliness was much higher than for the male controls.
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In comparison, a highproportionoffemaleusers have also been identified in other user studies.
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We determine theproportionoffemaleparticipation for the first two categories.
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A greaterproportionoffemaleplanners than non-planners would like to see contraceptives freely available to married couples (32-0 versus 21-2%).
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At this time a higherproportionoffemalegametocytes acts as a selective advantage that favours mosquito infection.
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Also, theproportionoffemalechildren who fell into the severely malnourished category was larger than that of male children.
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The objective is to find an exogenous variable that can account for the decline in theproportionoffemalesilk-gauze-weavers with age.
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In contrast to the situation in trout, theproportionoffemaleworms attaining full reproductive maturity was 61% fulfilling the expected characteristic of a preferred definitive host.
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A somewhat higherproportionoffemaleemployment is part-time in social democratic countries than in corporatist ones, and a substantially higher proportion yet again is part-time in liberal countries.
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One of the factors is the pay structure of some occupations with a highproportionoffemaleworkers.
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There is a highproportionoffemalelabour in the industry.
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There is no routinely collected data on theproportionoffemaleprisoners who have dependent children, irrespective of age group.
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