Sex Ratio Imbalances and China's Care for Girls Programme: A Case Study of a Social Problem

In China, owing to many parents' preference for sons, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) is imbalanced. During the 2000s, SRB fluctuated at around 120 boys to 100 girls. In the early 2000s, to tackle the SRB imbalance, the Chinese government launched a series of policy measures under the banner of &q...

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Veröffentlicht in:The China Quarterly. - Congress for Cultural Freedom. - (2014), 219, Seite 781-807
1. Verfasser: Murphy, Rachel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The China Quarterly
Schlagworte:Health sciences Behavioral sciences Economics Biological sciences Political science