ArticleRoyal Society open science2016
Knowing your neighbourhood: local ecology and personal experience predict neighbourhood perceptions in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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- Higher divorce risk when mates are plentiful? Evidence from Denmark.Biology letters · 2018Article
- Causes and consequences of adult sex ratio imbalance in a historical U.S. population.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Adult sex ratio and social status predict mating and parenting strategies in Northern Ireland.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Article
- The potential pitfalls of studying adult sex ratios at aggregate levels in humans.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a "fertility trap" in post-war Finland.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Evolutionary theory predicts that humans should adjust their life-history strategies in response to local ecological threats and opportunities in order to maximize their reproductive success. Cues representing threats to individuals' lives and health in modern, Western societies may come in the form of local ages at death, morbidity rate and crime rate in their local area, whereas the adult sex ratio represents a measure of the competition for reproductive partners. These characteristics are believed to have a strong influence over a wide range of behaviours, but whether they are accurately perceived has not been robustly tested. Here, we investigate whether perceptions of four neighbourhood characteristics are accurate across eight neighbourhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We find that median age at death and morbidity rates are accurately perceived, whereas adult sex ratios and crime rates are not. We suggest that both neighbourhood characteristics and personal experiences contribute to the formation of perceptions. This should be considered by researchers looking for associations between area-level factors.
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