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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 4,
525-543 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167283094002
© 1983 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
Imbalanced Sex Ratios
The Social Consequences
Paul F. Secord
University of Houston
Imbalanced population sex ratios dramatically influence gender roles, shape relationships between them, and produce changes in family structures. This report briefly sketches these findings and, by means of social exchange theory, spells out the linkage between this demographic condition and its social consequences.

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