Effect of son preference and population policy on sex ratios at birth in two provinces of China

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 509-521

  Wen, Xingyan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH ORDER; BOY; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; POLICY; POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH ORDER; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FERTILITY SURVEYS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX PREFERENCE; SEX RATIO--DETERMINANTS; SOCIAL POLICY; VALUE ORIENTATION;

ABORTION, LEGAL; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX; SEX RATIO; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027517444     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200002188X     Document Type: Article

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