@article{fdi:010085251,
  title = {{S}ex-ratio at birth in {N}igeria : a demographic perspective},
  author = {{G}arenne, {M}ichel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he study attempts at estimating the sex-ratio at birth in {N}igeria. {T}he study focuses on demographic surveys with complete maternity histories, including some 0.50 million births. {I}t compares results with published estimates from births in health facilities and a few data from vital registration, including some 1.13 million births. {R}esults from demographic surveys give an estimate of about 106 boys for 100 girls. {T}here were no significant variations by large region in the country, and no significant trend over the years (1990-2018). {P}ublished estimates provided a similar value (106.2), with somewhat lower value in health facilities (105.3), and somewhat higher values in local vital registration (106.8), and major variations among available studies. {D}espite uncertainty, {N}igeria appears to have higher sex-ratios than most {A}frican countries, with the exception of {E}thiopia, and higher values than its five neighboring countries. {R}easons for these high values of the secondary sex-ratio are discussed.},
  keywords = {{S}ex-ratio at birth ; demographic surveys ({DHS}) ; maternity history ; vital ; registration statistics ({VRS}) ; {N}igeria ; sub-saharan {A}frica ; {NIGERIA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frican {J}ournal of {R}eproductive {H}ealth},
  volume = {26},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {92--97},
  ISSN = {1118-4841},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i4.10},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085251},
}