There is a fairly equal distribution of males and females.
You don't have the money to go to other planets, it is highly expensive and requires lots of fuel and materials. However the newspapers say that things are quite peaceful and calm, according to radio messages. Venus is terraformed, and should be perfect. Mercury is much too close to the sun and too hot and small to terraform, so people live in the classic space domes.
There was a secret space program that hid everything from everyone. They then flew away, and when countries found humans living on these planets, they feared rebels from religious freeks and many people wanting to go there, costing lots of fuel and money.
so go somewhere aaa