Son Preference and the Sex Ratio at Birth in China: A Provincial Level Analysis

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-76

  Poston Jr , Dudley L ^a   Gu, Baochang ^b   Liu, Peihang Peggy ^a   McDaniel, Terra ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b China Population Information and Research Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; SEX; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; SEX; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031087967     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988934     Document Type: Article

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