Many provincial migrants, many of whom were male, resided in Edo to the extent that the male population was nearly double that of the female population in the mid-Edo period, this gender imbalance was greatly alleviated by the end of period.
江戸は地方からの上京者が多く、江戸時代中期には男性が女性の倍近くいたが、末期には男女差がかなり解消された。