koow Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Gender ratio? Hilarious new scientific term. Try "sex ratio". Also hilarious is you're too thick to see that the first thing to look at is the sex ratio by age group in the general population. If it is then found that the females are DISPROPORTIONATELY represented in the "university population" (relative to the general population's sex ratio), then the questions that are worth asking are: what social and economic processes are involved. There are more females and males in the general population at that age group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimDidMeGood Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) (source: Wikipedia) These are pretty much standard ratios comparable to most countries. Unfortunately the break down doesn't show the specific age group of Uni students (say 15-25) but based on the figures above, I'm 95% sure that what you say, koow, is inaccurate, there probably is a slight edge of males in that age range. Anyhow, my question was not really about "why" there are more females than males at uni. I just asked for confirmation and trying to discuss of the possible consequences in the future. I'm not absolutely sure, but it seems the phenomenon of more females than males in universities is observed in most Western European countries as well (I don't know how it goes for USA or Australia). So Thailand actually is not an exception, nevertheless the fact is striking in LoS as far as Thai society presents a strong tradition of male-domination ; so one would expect parents to somewhat favor the boys in resource allocation and Uni studies require significant resource allocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Gender ratio? Hilarious new scientific term.Try "sex ratio". Also hilarious is you're too thick to see that the first thing to look at is the sex ratio by age group in the general population. If it is then found that the females are DISPROPORTIONATELY represented in the "university population" (relative to the general population's sex ratio), then the questions that are worth asking are: what social and economic processes are involved. There are more females and males in the general population at that age group. As I said, you really are quite nasty. I'm curious as to your level of academic attainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartThais Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 My guess is that it would have something to do with the compulsory military service, the monkhood, and the types of available unskilled jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koow Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 "there probably is a slight edge of males in that age range....". Look at your numbers again. Do you know that .98 means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Hi, So, Kim read the percentages the wrong way. It still doesn't support your view either as the difference between number of males and females is apparently very small. Certainly way smaller than what people see in university admissions. Sanuk! PS You might want to try being a bit more polite; many of your posts are quite nasty/rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 << Koow dribbled: There are more females and males in the general population at that age group. >> More than what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Khatoeys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartThais Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 "there probably is a slight edge of males in that age range....". Look at your numbers again.Do you know that .98 means? Koow, you have a solid grasp of numbers... but not such a solid grasp of interpolation. The ratio for university aged adults could be above 1 and still be consistent with the numbers. That's why he used the word 'probably'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koow Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 I don't think thats why he said probably. He Probably interpreted the numbers backward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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