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The disproportionality effect of fertility on the sex ratio at birth (SRB), R. R increases with an increasing proportion of intervening couples within a population (Φ, 0–20% shown). R also increases with a decreasing average number of children within the same population (λ). Note that for any constant Φ>0, R still increases with decreasing λ.
